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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 defend in his book about oratory in Chapter 8?
(a) The future of rhetoric.
(b) The reasons of rhetoric.
(c) The practice of rhetoric.
(d) The origins of rhetoric.

2. Where was Cicero going when he was caught by the tribune?
(a) Arpinum.
(b) Formiae.
(c) Astura.
(d) Tusculum.

3. What did the Senate do when it appeared that Antony was defeated?
(a) They stopped meeting.
(b) They refused to listen to the people.
(c) They tried to revise the laws.
(d) They became complacent.

4. When did Cicero return to Rome, greeted by happy crowds?
(a) June 20.
(b) August 31.
(c) June 10.
(d) August 15.

5. What did the conspirators do in order to diminish the seriousness of genuine support for Caesar?
(a) Avoid talking to Caesar.
(b) Compliment Caesar excessively.
(c) Insult Caesar excessively.
(d) Prevent others from talking to Caesar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the crowd's response to Brutus' claim that Caesar had to be assassinated at the end of Chapter 13?

2. When did Octavian ask Cicero for help against Antony?

3. Where did Cicero lead a campaign while he was governing Cicilia?

4. How did the Senate respond to the third Philippic?

5. When did Octavian become Consul?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Cicero in Chapter 11, and how did he return to Rome?

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

3. Which contributions did Cicero make through his philosophical works?

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

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

6. What was Cicero's opinion about the battle between Caesar and Pompey in Chapter 10?

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

8. How was Cicero victorious over Antony?

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

10. Why did Cicero disappear from public view for a year in Chapter 10?

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