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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Pro Marcello.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Based on the thwarted conspiracy, Cicero thought the city should be ______________.
(a) Cautious.
(b) Jubilant.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Angry.

2. When was Cicero elected consul of Rome?
(a) 64 B.C .
(b) 62 B.C.
(c) 63 B.C.
(d) 61 B.C.

3. How did Verres make it appear as though he was saving the people in his region from slave revolts?
(a) Unreported revolts.
(b) Falsely reporting revolts that never took place.
(c) Paying witnesses to fabricate stories.
(d) Staging fake revolts.

4. How did Cicero feel about the chance to interact with the people of Rome while giving his endorsement speech for Pompey?
(a) He was overwhelmed.
(b) He was surprised.
(c) He was happy.
(d) He was humbled.

5. Cicero told the jurors that the attempt to bribe them should be taken as ______________.
(a) Evidence of corruption.
(b) A joke.
(c) A contradiction.
(d) An insult.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to what Cicero told Hortensius, the opposing counsel, in Chapter 2, what did Hortensius owe Verres?

2. How did the people respond to the verdicts of the corrupt trials that Verres ran?

3. In Cicero's opinion, what made further conflict inevitable for the Roman people in Chapter 3?

4. Why was Cicero not able to execute Catiline?

5. What did Cicero promise to the jurors at the end of his first speech against Verres?

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