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

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

3. Which one of Verres' acquaintances was also implicated in the mishandled capture of a pirate captain?
(a) Archonides.
(b) Lyso.
(c) Cleomenes.
(d) Aeschrio.

4. What is the one thing that could have possibly spared Verres?
(a) The number of times he was wounded in battle.
(b) His military reputation.
(c) His donation of several key military weapons.
(d) The length of time he spent in the military.

5. What did Cicero insist must be destroyed in order to win the war in Chapter 3?
(a) The possibility of disgrace.
(b) The price of resignation.
(c) The cost of surrender.
(d) The threat of defeat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Verres' defense strategy?

2. Which two things did Cicero say the Roman people were eager for in Chapter 3?

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

4. Would the proposal for Pompey to command the Roman forces against Mithridates have gone through without Cicero's speech?

5. Since Cicero could not likely speak against anyone else in the senate the way he had spoken of Catiline, whose respect did Catiline lose?

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