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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 people agree that Cicero died?
(a) With bravery, resilience, and professionalism.
(b) With bravery and professionalism.
(c) With resilience and professionalism.
(d) With bravery and resilience.

2. What did Cicero label Antony in the third Philippic?
(a) Weak.
(b) Useless.
(c) An enemy.
(d) A traitor.

3. Out of the many blows that were used in the attack on Caesar, how many were fatal?
(a) A lot.
(b) One.
(c) A few.
(d) Several.

4. How many times was Antony defeated at the beginning of the war?
(a) Four times.
(b) Once.
(c) Twice.
(d) Seven times.

5. When did Cicero divorce Terentia?
(a) 50 B.C.
(b) 49 B.C.
(c) 48 B.C.
(d) 47 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following did not happen after Caesar's funeral?

2. Why did Antony begin to lose power to Octavian?

3. What age was Cicero when he returned to Rome in Chapter 11?

4. How was On the State received?

5. Which river did Caesar cross to ambush Pompey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Cicero view the pending feud between Caesar and Pompey while getting ready to return to Rome in 50 B.C.?

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

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

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

6. What challenges did Cicero have in Cicilia?

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

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

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

10. How was Caesar assassinated?

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