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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Sertorius killed?
(a) He is killed by Caesar.
(b) He is killed by Marius.
(c) He is killed by Pompey.
(d) He is assassinated by his own men.

2. What does Pompey do with Sertorius's letters after his death?
(a) Burns them without reading them.
(b) Throws them into the sea after reading them.
(c) Burns them after reading them.
(d) Throws them into the sea without reading them.

3. Whose dream warns Caesar of his fate?
(a) Pompeia.
(b) Calpurnia.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Cornelia.

4. How long does Cicero serve in the military?
(a) An average amount of time.
(b) Extensively.
(c) He does not serve in the military.
(d) Briefly.

5. What happens to Catiline after Cicero uncovers his plans?
(a) He is wounded while escaping the city.
(b) He is told to leave Rome.
(c) He is imprisoned.
(d) He is killed.

6. What do some people fear after appointing Caesar the dictator of Rome for life?
(a) That he will not accept the title.
(b) That there will be an attempt on his life.
(c) That he will lose the influence he has.
(d) That he will not stay in Rome.

7. How educated is Cicero?
(a) He is not educated at all.
(b) He is educated a little.
(c) His has an average education.
(d) He is very educated.

8. Who pays Caesar's debt when he is stopped on his way to Spain?
(a) Sulla.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Marius.
(d) Crassus.

9. Whom does Caesar's daughter eventually marry?
(a) Sulla.
(b) Marius.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Pompey.

10. Where does Cicero go when he is denied entrance into Sicily?
(a) Milan.
(b) Florence.
(c) Sardinia.
(d) Dyrrhachium.

11. What does the younger Caesar say about Cicero years after his death?
(a) He was a brave man.
(b) He was an honest man.
(c) He was a learned man.
(d) He was a traveled man.

12. Who argues against the death penalty for the conspirators who plan to kill the senators?
(a) Metellus.
(b) Marius.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Pompey.

13. How much ransom does Caesar pay for his release from the pirates?
(a) Forty talents.
(b) Fifty talents.
(c) Twenty talents.
(d) Thirty talents.

14. What plan of Catiline's does Cicero stop?
(a) A plan to stop Cicero from being the praetor.
(b) A plan to stop the election.
(c) A plan to keep Sulla in control.
(d) A plan to prevent Pompey from returning.

15. What does Cinna's disappearance lead some to believe?
(a) That Cinna is plotting an attack on Pompey.
(b) That Cinna has joined forces with Pompey.
(c) That Cinna fled in fear of Pompey.
(d) That Pompey killed Cinna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cicero's reputation as praetor?

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

3. What happens to Clodius while Cicero is away?

4. What causes Pompey to be unrecognizable to a soldier, almost bringing about Pompey's death?

5. What happens when young Caesar arrives in Rome?

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