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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 fair and careful.
(b) He is unfair and reckless.
(c) He is naive and short tempered.
(d) He is presumptuous and confident.

2. What is Cicero primarily known for?
(a) Being an ally to all of Rome's consuls.
(b) Being married into a noteworthy family.
(c) Being an orator and a poet.
(d) Being in the military.

3. What age is Pompey when he is killed?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Fifty five.
(d) Sixty five.

4. What does Cicero do after retiring from public life?
(a) He visits relatives.
(b) He entertains people with his speeches.
(c) He writes.
(d) He farms.

5. What does Cato do to diminish the effects of Caesar's growing popularity?
(a) He offers the people additional corn.
(b) He increases the amount of livestock the people have.
(c) He increases the people's wages.
(d) He offers the people additional grain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who objects when Caesar attempts to use the treasury's money to fund a war?

2. How long does it take Pompey to win the war in Africa?

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?

4. What is it about Stratonice that capture's Pompey's attention?

5. What happens when young Caesar arrives in Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cicero leave Rome after he draws the ire of Clodius, and how does he return?

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

3. How does the rivalry between Cicero and Clodius begin?

4. How does Caesar die and why has the event become so famous?

5. How does Pompey face criticism for pursuing Caesar and what happens when the two meet for the final time?

6. How do the people show their support for Caesar when he enters politics and what does Cato do to try to lessen Caesar's popularity at that time?

7. What are some of the omens that Plutarch discusses leading up to Caesar's death?

8. How does Cicero approach young Caesar when he arrives in Rome, and what happens to cause the two to be on opposite sides?

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

10. Why does Cicero retire from public life, and what do his plans include at this point in his life?

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