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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Cicero.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Pompey the nickname, "The Great"?
(a) Cinna.
(b) Marius.
(c) Sulla.
(d) Caesar.

2. What causes Cicero's second divorce?
(a) His wife's unfaithfulness.
(b) His time away from home.
(c) His return to public office.
(d) His daughter's death.

3. What plagues Crassus on his plight in Syria?
(a) A lack of supplies.
(b) Bad omens.
(c) His conscience.
(d) Sickness.

4. What happens to Metella, Sulla's wife, during one of his banquets?
(a) She is wounded by one of his enemies.
(b) She is taken from Rome by a relative.
(c) She becomes ill.
(d) She is captured by one of his enemies.

5. How do Spartacus and the Spartans begin their successful battles?
(a) They slowly build their soldiers.
(b) They are looking for revenge.
(c) They escape from a cruel leader.
(d) They are attacked unjustly and defend themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Plutarch compare Caesar's military career with Marius, Sulla, and Pompey's?

2. What traditional belief does Marius go against in his first consul?

3. Why does Pompey refuse to help Cicero face Clodius?

4. Why does Sulla say that he divorced Metella?

5. What does Clodius unsuccessfully attempt to do while Cicero is away?

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