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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 the goal of the coup that Catiline attempted?
(a) To take control of Rome.
(b) To threaten other regions.
(c) To get Cicero exiled.
(d) To unseat Cicero from consul.

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

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

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

5. What was Cicero describing when he referred to Servilius?
(a) Citizens that had money stolen from them.
(b) A prison for falsely accused citizens.
(c) Victims of unsubstantiated crimes.
(d) Citizens that had property stolen from them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first thing that Cicero did to open his speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?

2. As Cicero explained, which region were Mithridates and Tigranes trying to conquer?

3. After refusing to behead a pirate captain, what did Verres do, according to Cicero?

4. How did the people respond to the verdicts of the corrupt trials that Verres ran?

5. When did Verres serve as governor?

(see the answer key)

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