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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 did Cicero urge the Roman people to consider about the war in Chapter 3?
(a) Its character, but not scale.
(b) Neither its character nor its scale.
(c) Its scale, but not character.
(d) Its character and scale.

2. What office did Cicero have when he made the speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?
(a) Censor.
(b) Tribune.
(c) Consul.
(d) Praetor.

3. After making his initial point against Verres, what type of attacks did Cicero launch against Verres' actions and character in Chapter 1?
(a) Lengthy.
(b) Intense.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Ambiguous.

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

5. Tigranes was from ____________.
(a) Parthia.
(b) Pisidia.
(c) Armenia.
(d) Cyrenaica.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mithridates acquire the territories he controlled during the time of Cicero's speech in Chapter 3?

2. How did Cicero feel about the chance to interact with the people of Rome while giving his endorsement speech for Pompey?

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

4. What year were the speeches of In Verrem given?

5. How did Cicero intend for Rome to fight the second war in his speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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