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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. How many people were involved in the conspiracy to kill Caesar?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Ten.

2. What was Cicero's instinct about Caesar's attempts in the Senate?
(a) To support both Caesar and the Senate.
(b) To support neither Caesar nor the Senate.
(c) To support Caesar against the Senate.
(d) To support the Senate against Caesar.

3. What were Cicero and his allies able to reveal support for in Chapter 10?
(a) Trade.
(b) Lower taxes.
(c) Compromise.
(d) New laws.

4. How did Cicero respond to Octavian as Consul and the forming of the Second Triumvirate?
(a) He tried to restore balance to the Senate.
(b) He tried to boost the power of the Senate.
(c) He wanted to stay in the Senate.
(d) He wanted to stay away from the Senate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times was Antony defeated at the beginning of the war?

2. Who did Cicero prefer to support in the conflict between Caesar and Pompey?

3. When did Antony issue a rebuttal to Cicero in the Senate?

4. When did Cicero arrive in Cicilia?

5. What description was given of Caesar before he was killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Pompey ask for Cicero's help against Caesar in Chapter 10?

2. What were the Philippics?

3. What did Cicero do when he returned to Rome in Chapter 14 and how was he received?

4. What did the conspirators against Caesar do as a way to diminish his reputation?

5. Why was Cicero's book, On Law, significant?

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

7. How did Cicero begin his writing in 55 B.C.?

8. Why was Cicero hesitant to work with Octavian in Chapter 14?

9. What challenges did Cicero have in Cicilia?

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

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