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

2. What did Cicero say was the response to Catiline still being alive in Chapter 4?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Outrage.
(c) Silence.
(d) Sadness.

3. Why did Cicero not consider the group of unruly destitute followers of Catiline to be a threat?
(a) They were not smart.
(b) They were not reliable.
(c) They were too predictable.
(d) They were too lazy.

4. How did Cicero categorize the war's outcome in his speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?
(a) It looked largely lost to some.
(b) It looked largely won to some.
(c) It looked largely won to all.
(d) It looked largely lost to all.

5. Which type of reward did Cicero request after preventing a civil war in Chapter 6?
(a) Gold.
(b) Property.
(c) None.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the goal of the coup that Catiline attempted?

2. What did Verres apparently do when the people protested his treatment of the pirate captain?

3. When did Mithridates acquire the territories he controlled during the time of Cicero's speech in Chapter 3?

4. In addition to a listing of the crimes Verres had committed, what else was included in Cicero's speech in Chapter 2?

5. What did Cicero tell the Romans happened to the conspirators that had been caught?

(see the answer key)

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