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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. 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 too lazy.
(c) They were not reliable.
(d) They were too predictable.

2. Whom did Catiline sit with while listening to Cicero's first speech against him?
(a) His counsel.
(b) No one.
(c) Another senator.
(d) A group of senators.

3. Since Cicero could not likely speak against anyone else in the senate the way he had spoken of Catiline, whose respect did Catiline lose?
(a) His followers.
(b) The people of other regions.
(c) The senate.
(d) The Roman citizens.

4. Did Cicero say that the region Verres governed could be restored to its previous state?
(a) Only parts of it could be restored.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Most of it could be restored.

5. How did the people respond to the verdicts of the corrupt trials that Verres ran?
(a) They were confused.
(b) They were sad.
(c) They were silent.
(d) They were horrified.

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on what Cicero said in his speech, how did many people feel about the possibility that Verres could use bribery to cause an acquittal?

2. According to Cicero's opening of his first speech against Verres, who despised the jurors?

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

4. What was the purpose of the letters that Catiline left as he was leaving the senate chamber?

5. How did Verres make it appear as though he built a trireme?

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