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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cicero take the time to learn about everyone he meets?
(a) Their background.
(b) Their profession.
(c) Their financial situation.
(d) Their name.

2. Whom does Caesar pit the people against when he is in office?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Crassus.
(c) The military.
(d) The nobles.

3. Upon returning to Italy, how does Pompey divorce his wife before marrying Julia, Caesar's daughter?
(a) Through a messenger.
(b) Through a letter.
(c) He tells her publicly.
(d) He tells her in private.

4. Why does Pompey refuse to help Cicero face Clodius?
(a) He is holding a grudge against Cicero.
(b) He agrees with Clodius.
(c) He does not have the resources to help.
(d) He is obeying Caesar's order.

5. What is Pompey known for occasionally doing with captured nobles?
(a) Allowing them to escape.
(b) Beheading them.
(c) Burning them.
(d) Convincing them to join his army.

6. Why do Caesar and Pompey hide their dislike for each other?
(a) They fear Marius.
(b) They fear Crassus.
(c) They fear each other.
(d) They fear the omens.

7. What is Cicero's reputation as praetor?
(a) He is naive and short tempered.
(b) He is presumptuous and confident.
(c) He is unfair and reckless.
(d) He is fair and careful.

8. What does Cicero occasionally do in order to garner glory?
(a) He associates with those who have accomplished great things.
(b) He magnifies his achievements.
(c) He risks his life to provide stories to tell.
(d) He takes the stories of others as his own.

9. What happens when Caesar and Pompey finally battle each other?
(a) The two agree to a draw after a long battle.
(b) Pompey refuses to fight Caesar.
(c) Caesar thoroughly defeats Pompey.
(d) Caesar narrowly defeats Pompey.

10. Whom does Clodius ask for help when he is planning his attack on Cicero?
(a) Catiline.
(b) Metellus.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Caesar.

11. Where is Pompey living before joining Sulla's military effort?
(a) Gallicus.
(b) Cortona.
(c) Umbria.
(d) Picenum.

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

13. What does Caesar do that many disagree with after his aunt, Julia, dies?
(a) He works to return Marius from exile.
(b) He shows images of Julia.
(c) He shows images of Marius.
(d) He works to change the laws about burials.

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

15. What age is Cicero when he is killed?
(a) Fifty Four.
(b) Seventy Four.
(c) Sixty Four.
(d) Eighty Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Pompey mentioned in Sulla's will?

2. What plan of Catiline's does Cicero stop?

3. What does Caesar use to build support for himself as a Roman leader?

4. Which city does Pompey help rebuild on his way home to Rome?

5. How is Pompey perceived throughout much of his life?

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