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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 year was Octavian born?
(a) 62 B.C.
(b) 61 B.C.
(c) 60 B.C.
(d) 63 B.C.
2. What was Cicero's instinct about Caesar's attempts in the Senate?
(a) To support neither Caesar nor the Senate.
(b) To support the Senate against Caesar.
(c) To support Caesar against the Senate.
(d) To support both Caesar and the Senate.
3. When was Cicero's third Philippic given?
(a) February 1.
(b) January 1.
(c) February 24.
(d) January 24.
4. Which of the following historians was mentioned in the book as documenting the rivalry between Caesar and Pompey?
(a) Plutarch.
(b) Xenophon.
(c) Appian.
(d) Criton.
5. When did Cicero return to Rome, greeted by happy crowds?
(a) August 15.
(b) June 20.
(c) June 10.
(d) August 31.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Cicero respond to Cesar's request for help in Chapter 10?
2. What did Cicero speak against in his Philippics?
3. When did Octavian ask Cicero for help against Antony?
4. As Cicero pointed out in the fifth Philippic, what did the attempts of negotiations fail to recognize about Antony?
5. Although trying to remain neutral, what did Cicero fear would happen no matter who gained control in Chapter 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Caesar assassinated?
2. What did Cicero do when saw the changes in Rome as he returned at age sixty?
3. How did Cicero begin his writing in 55 B.C.?
4. When was On the State published and what was it about?
5. What happened when Pompey abandoned Rome in Chapter 10?
6. How did Cicero view the pending feud between Caesar and Pompey while getting ready to return to Rome in 50 B.C.?
7. What did Cicero do when he returned to Rome in Chapter 14 and how was he received?
8. What was Cicero's opinion about the battle between Caesar and Pompey in Chapter 10?
9. Why did Cicero disappear from public view for a year in Chapter 10?
10. How was Cicero killed?
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