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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, De imperio Cn. Pompei ('On the Command of Gnaeus Pompeius').

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Cicero explained, which region were Mithridates and Tigranes trying to conquer?
(a) Galatia.
(b) Lycia.
(c) Syria.
(d) Asia.

2. Where did Verres falsely report that he had used his own money to build a trireme?
(a) Himera.
(b) Messana.
(c) Camerina.
(d) Leontini.

3. What did Cicero insist must be destroyed in order to win the war in Chapter 3?
(a) The possibility of disgrace.
(b) The threat of defeat.
(c) The cost of surrender.
(d) The price of resignation.

4. What did Verres do with the Naval's fleet money?
(a) He lost it.
(b) He embezzled it.
(c) He never used it.
(d) He gave it to the enemies.

5. What did Verres apparently do when the people protested his treatment of the pirate captain?
(a) He attempted to bribe them.
(b) He ignored them.
(c) He gave them an invented excuse.
(d) He threatened them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Verres make it appear as though he built a trireme?

2. Which hearing was Verres convicted at after he failed to appear?

3. Where was Verres a governor when he committed the corrupt actions Cicero spoke against?

4. How did Cicero intend for Rome to fight the second war in his speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?

5. If Verres was not convicted, what did Cicero think would happen in the judicial system?

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