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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, In Verrum II.5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After refusing to behead a pirate captain, what did Verres do, according to Cicero?
(a) Provided the pirate with food.
(b) Set the pirate free.
(c) Gave the pirate money.
(d) Gave the pirate a job.

2. 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?
(a) They were overestimating it.
(b) They were not worried.
(c) They were worried.
(d) They were underestimating it.

3. Why did Cicero think that Verres committed crimes against the citizens of Rome?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Greed.
(c) Cicero did not say.
(d) Amusement.

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

5. Why did Verres choose to flee into exile?
(a) The jury could not convict him if he was not present.
(b) He became ill.
(c) The evidence was too damning.
(d) He thought Cicero would not present his case in his absence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides being a criminal, what was it about Verres that Cicero thought had to be put down?

2. In addition to a listing of the crimes Verres had committed, what else was included in Cicero's speech in Chapter 2?

3. How many galleys did Heracleo sail around the coast to taunt the people?

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

5. What did Cicero say about the contract to bribe the jurors in his first speech against Verres?

(see the answer key)

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