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

2. Following his summaries of smaller points, what did Cicero say was enough to convict Verres?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Context.
(c) Emphasis.
(d) Justice.

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

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

5. What did Cicero promise to the jurors at the end of his first speech against Verres?
(a) Not to be late for the hearings.
(b) To be creative in his attempts to prosecute.
(c) To present an indefensible prosecution.
(d) Not to use any tricky legal moves.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many speeches did Cicero give against Verres at the hearings?

3. What is the last thing that Cicero mentioned to prove Verres' lack of participation in the war against runaway slaves?

4. Why did Verres choose to flee into exile?

5. How did Verres make it appear as though he was saving the people in his region from slave revolts?

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