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

2. How did Verres make it appear as though he built a trireme?
(a) He destroyed the accounting books.
(b) He fixed the accounting books.
(c) He paid witnesses.
(d) He told a story that did not require witnesses.

3. What did Verres do with the Naval's fleet money?
(a) He never used it.
(b) He lost it.
(c) He embezzled it.
(d) He gave it to the enemies.

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

5. Which of the following best describes Pompey's military successes at the time Cicero gave his speech?
(a) Significant.
(b) Selective.
(c) Unbelievable.
(d) Average.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sea did Pompey clear of pirates to show his military ability?

2. Would the proposal for Pompey to command the Roman forces against Mithridates have gone through without Cicero's speech?

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

4. As Cicero stated in his first speech against Verres, what would a failure to convict cause?

5. What did Cicero insist must be destroyed in order to win the war in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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