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

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

3. How many people join Cicero's appeal to the city when he is called upon to defend the death penalty imposed on Catiline's men?
(a) About ten thousand.
(b) About twenty thousand.
(c) About five thousand.
(d) About thirty thousand.

4. What does Caesar do to the pirates when he eventually captures them?
(a) Forces them to do manual labor for him.
(b) Acquires his ransom back.
(c) Releases them after proving his point.
(d) Orders their deaths.

5. Why does Caesar divorce his second wife?
(a) He does not have the time to sustain the marriage.
(b) She is accused of having an affair.
(c) She disagrees with his political ambitions.
(d) He is accused of having an affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much ransom does Caesar pay for his release from the pirates?

2. What does Caesar give to the troops before returning them to Pompey?

3. What does Caesar do when his first wife dies, endearing him to the people?

4. How long does Cicero serve in the military?

5. What does Cicero do after retiring from public life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to the civil war between Caesar and Pompey?

2. What personal problems does Cicero encounter after he retires from public life?

3. What does Cicero's name mean, why was he given it, and how does his response to it indicate his sense of humor?

4. What happens to Pompey at Mitylene, and how does he end up going to Egypt?

5. What important event does Cicero stop when he is the praetor of Rome?

6. How does Pompey's reputation contrast with his father's?

7. What is it about Caesar's actions that cause him to lose support from the people, and how does he become a dictator for life?

8. How does Cicero die and how is he remembered?

9. What is the dilemma Cicero faces upon discovering the plan by Catiline's forces that remain in Rome?

10. What part does Pompey play in the war in Africa, how does he want to be celebrated for it, and why is he given the name, "The Great"?

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