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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, In Catilinam IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What office did Cicero have when he made the speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?
(a) Tribune.
(b) Praetor.
(c) Censor.
(d) Consul.

2. How did Cicero explain that the death penalty for the conspirators would not be illegal?
(a) There was no law that required a fair trial.
(b) The law had not been followed in the past, and it was void.
(c) There was an amendment to the law that allowed it.
(d) The law did not apply to traitors.

3. As pointed out in the senate debate, what might have made the execution of the conspirators illegal?
(a) They did not confess to the crimes.
(b) They were just following Catiline's orders.
(c) They were not given a trial.
(d) They were not arrested properly.

4. When was the Second Mithridatic War fought?
(a) 84-82 B.C.
(b) 83-81 B.C.
(c) 81-79 B.C.
(d) 82-80 B.C.

5. What inconsistency did Cicero point out about Caesar's position?
(a) Caesar had previously voted for the death penalty in a similar case.
(b) Life imprisonment would be worse than death for the conspirators.
(c) Caesar did not request a fair trial for imprisonment.
(d) Caesar repeatedly misquoted the law he was referring to.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mithridates acquire the territories he controlled during the time of Cicero's speech in Chapter 3?

2. When was the Fourth Catilinam given?

3. Tigranes was from ____________.

4. When did Nero think the decision about the conspirators' sentence should be made?

5. What did debtors hope would happen by aligning themselves with Catiline?

(see the answer key)

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