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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 did the Senate respond to the third Philippic?
(a) They fully agreed with the entirety.
(b) They disagreed.
(c) They mostly agreed.
(d) They only agreed with certain parts.

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

3. Why did Cicero initially begin giving his famous speeches, the Philippics?
(a) To prevent an attack from Antony.
(b) As a response to Antony's attack.
(c) As a way for him to resume his place in the Senate.
(d) To restore order to the Senate.

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

5. Which of the following was a main challenge that Cicero struggled with in Cicilia?
(a) Inventing new laws.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Policing.
(d) The economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Pompey killed?

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

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

4. What did Cicero think about Caesar's ransacking of the Treasury in Rome?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How were Cicero's books received?

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

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

6. When was On the State published and what was it about?

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

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

9. What challenges did Cicero have in Cicilia?

10. What were the Philippics?

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