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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, In Catilinam III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Catiline leave the senate chamber in Chapter 5?
(a) He was carried out.
(b) He ran.
(c) He was pushed out.
(d) He walked.

2. Where did Verres falsely report that he had used his own money to build a trireme?
(a) Camerina.
(b) Messana.
(c) Leontini.
(d) Himera.

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

4. As Cicero explained, which region were Mithridates and Tigranes trying to conquer?
(a) Syria.
(b) Lycia.
(c) Galatia.
(d) Asia.

5. What did Cicero say that the Roman people were in danger of losing from the war with Mithridates?
(a) Their money.
(b) Their empire.
(c) Their weapons.
(d) Their military.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many steps did Cicero suggest the people of Rome should consider when deciding who would lead the Roman military in Chapter 3?

2. What did Cicero accuse Verres of doing with the witnesses of the corrupt trials he ran?

3. Tigranes was from ____________.

4. How many speeches were not actually given by Cicero because Verres had already gone into exile?

5. Why did Cicero not consider the group of unruly destitute followers of Catiline to be a threat?

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