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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many speeches did Cicero give against Verres at the hearings?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

2. How many steps did Cicero suggest the people of Rome should consider when deciding who would lead the Roman military in Chapter 3?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

3. How did Cicero end his final speech to Verres in Chapter 2?
(a) With a request.
(b) With a song.
(c) With a prayer.
(d) With a famous quote.

4. What was Cicero describing when he referred to Servilius?
(a) A prison for falsely accused citizens.
(b) Victims of unsubstantiated crimes.
(c) Citizens that had property stolen from them.
(d) Citizens that had money stolen from them.

5. How did Cicero intend for Rome to fight the second war in his speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?
(a) With the same intelligence as the first.
(b) With the same rigor of the first.
(c) In a more intelligent way than the first.
(d) Beyond the rigor of the first.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Pompey's military successes at the time Cicero gave his speech?

2. How many speeches were written in total against Verres?

3. What did Cicero accuse Verres of doing with the witnesses of the corrupt trials he ran?

4. After refusing to behead a pirate captain, what did Verres do, according to Cicero?

5. What did Verres apparently do when the people protested his treatment of the pirate captain?

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