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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. What was Verres' defense strategy?
(a) To delay the trial.
(b) To eliminate the witnesses.
(c) To prove his innocence.
(d) To slander Cicero.

2. How many speeches were written in total against Verres?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

3. What did Cicero urge the Roman people to consider about the war in Chapter 3?
(a) Neither its character nor its scale.
(b) Its character, but not scale.
(c) Its scale, but not character.
(d) Its character and scale.

4. How many galleys did Heracleo sail around the coast to taunt the people?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Cicero describing when he referred to Servilius?

2. How did Cicero describe the conflict between Rome and Mithridates?

3. Based on what Cicero said in his speech, how did many people feel about the possibility that Verres could use bribery to cause an acquittal?

4. Which word was used to represent a legal speech in describing Cicero's speeches against Verres?

5. What two words did Cicero use to describe Verres in his first speech against him?

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