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

2. When was the Second Mithridatic War fought?
(a) 82-80 B.C.
(b) 81-79 B.C.
(c) 83-81 B.C.
(d) 84-82 B.C.

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

4. Would the proposal for Pompey to command the Roman forces against Mithridates have gone through without Cicero's speech?
(a) Only if Cicero gave an endorsement without a speech.
(b) Most likely.
(c) Not likely.
(d) It is unknown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many speeches were written in total against Verres?

2. Which one of the following was assumed to be elected to the consulship and help Verres?

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

4. How did Cicero describe the conflict between Rome and Mithridates?

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

(see the answer key)

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