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

2. What did Cicero say about the contract to bribe the jurors in his first speech against Verres?
(a) It had already been set up.
(b) It had worked in previous cases.
(c) It will not work in this case.
(d) It would be set up shortly.

3. In which year did Catiline's coup take place?
(a) 59 B.C.
(b) 60 B.C.
(c) 62 B.C.
(d) 63 B.C.

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

5. When did the first hearing against Verres take place?
(a) August 5-13.
(b) August 7-14.
(c) June 4-11.
(d) June 2-10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who uncovered Catiline's plot to assassinate Cicero?

2. Which revolt did Cicero reference in order to prove his case against Verres?

3. What is the last thing that Cicero mentioned to prove Verres' lack of participation in the war against runaway slaves?

4. How did Verres make it appear as though he was saving the people in his region from slave revolts?

5. When did Cicero say that Catiline should have been killed by the Roman consul?

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