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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, In Catilinam I.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Verres make it appear as though he was saving the people in his region from slave revolts?
(a) Falsely reporting revolts that never took place.
(b) Paying witnesses to fabricate stories.
(c) Unreported revolts.
(d) Staging fake revolts.

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

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

5. What type of speech did Cicero give for Pompey in Chapter 3?
(a) Deliberative.
(b) Demonstrative.
(c) Judicial.
(d) Forensic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Catiline not already retreated into exile when Cicero gave his speech?

2. How many galleys did Heracleo sail around the coast to taunt the people?

3. If Verres was not convicted, what did Cicero think would happen in the judicial system?

4. Why did Verres choose to flee into exile?

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

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