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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 eliminate the witnesses.
(b) To delay the trial.
(c) To slander Cicero.
(d) To prove his innocence.

2. Mithridates, the enemy of Rome, was from ______________.
(a) Pontus.
(b) Bithynia.
(c) Parthia.
(d) Macedonia.

3. When was Cicero elected consul of Rome?
(a) 64 B.C .
(b) 62 B.C.
(c) 63 B.C.
(d) 61 B.C.

4. Following his summaries of smaller points, what did Cicero say was enough to convict Verres?
(a) Context.
(b) Justice.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Emphasis.

5. How did Cicero end his final speech to Verres in Chapter 2?
(a) With a famous quote.
(b) With a prayer.
(c) With a request.
(d) With a song.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Second Mithridatic War fought?

2. When did Verres serve as governor?

3. According to the beginning of Cicero's speech in Chapter 4, what was the senate losing patience with about Catiline?

4. How did Cicero categorize the war's outcome in his speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?

5. Tigranes was from ____________.

(see the answer key)

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