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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Pro Marcello.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following best describes Pompey's military successes at the time Cicero gave his speech?
(a) Significant.
(b) Average.
(c) Selective.
(d) Unbelievable.

3. In addition to a listing of the crimes Verres had committed, what else was included in Cicero's speech in Chapter 2?
(a) An attack against defending the crimes.
(b) A list of possible witnesses.
(c) A list of Verres' accomplices.
(d) An attack against Verres' friends.

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

5. How did Cicero intend for Rome to fight the second war in his speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?
(a) In a more intelligent way than the first.
(b) With the same intelligence as the first.
(c) Beyond the rigor of the first.
(d) With the same rigor of the first.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many speeches did Cicero give after returning to the senate from his exile before Pro Marcello?

2. What did some think Cicero might have been trying to maintain by giving Pro Marcello?

3. How did Cicero explain that the death penalty for the conspirators would not be illegal?

4. How did Cicero think the Roman people would react to sentencing the conspirators to death?

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

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