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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 year were the speeches of In Verrem given?
(a) 71 B.C.
(b) 67 B.C.
(c) 70 B.C.
(d) 68 B.C.

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

3. What had happened to the courts, according to Cicero in Chapter 1?
(a) They had been mocked.
(b) They had been disgraced.
(c) They had been vindicated.
(d) They had been tarnished.

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

5. If Verres was not convicted, what did Cicero think would happen in the judicial system?
(a) There would be challenges to the decision.
(b) There would be vicious acts against the decision.
(c) There would be silence.
(d) There would be an upheaval.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero's opening of his first speech against Verres, who despised the jurors?

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

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

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

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

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