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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Cicero speak against in his Philippics?
(a) Another election.
(b) A compromise with Antony.
(c) A set of laws against Antony.
(d) Another war.

2. Which month was Cicero's book about oratory released?
(a) December.
(b) February.
(c) November.
(d) June.

3. What description was given of Caesar before he was killed?
(a) Depressed and unhealthy.
(b) Optimistic and healthy.
(c) Optimistic, but unhealthy.
(d) Depressed, but healthy.

4. Which help did Caesar ask Cicero for in Chapter 10?
(a) To raise money.
(b) To be a propaganda agent.
(c) To lead the military.
(d) To develop better laws.

5. What was bothering Cicero about the conditions in Chapter 10?
(a) How to delay them.
(b) How they could have been prevented.
(c) How to react to them.
(d) How they occurred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Senate do when it appeared that Antony was defeated?

2. How long did Cicero disappear from public view in Chapter 10?

3. Where did Cicero retreat after the death of his daughter?

4. What was noteworthy about On Law?

5. Which of the following historians was mentioned in the book as documenting the rivalry between Caesar and Pompey?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the conflict between Caesar and Pompey begin?

2. What challenges did Cicero have in Cicilia?

3. What unwavering qualities are the most remembered about Cicero?

4. What was Caesar planning in the beginning of Chapter 9?

5. What happened to cause a Second Triumvirate and the end of the Republic?

6. What did Cicero write about in the beginning of Chapter 12 and why?

7. What did Cicero do when saw the changes in Rome as he returned at age sixty?

8. How did Cicero respond to the personal events he endured in 46 B.C.?

9. What happened when Pompey abandoned Rome in Chapter 10?

10. What was Caesar's reaction to Pompey's death?

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