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

2. What did Cicero think about Caesar's proposal of life imprisonment for the conspirators?
(a) It was unworkable.
(b) It was irresponsible.
(c) It was amusing.
(d) It was confusing.

3. How did Verres make it appear as though he built a trireme?
(a) He destroyed the accounting books.
(b) He fixed the accounting books.
(c) He paid witnesses.
(d) He told a story that did not require witnesses.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cicero say he would do if he were in Catiline's position?

2. How many speeches were written in total against Verres?

3. As Cicero explained, what did Public Lentulus, Catiline's co-conspirator, attempt to do in order to disrupt the regime in Rome?

4. As Cicero stated in his first speech against Verres, what would a failure to convict cause?

5. Why did Cicero think the threat of Catiline forming an army against Rome was a possibility?

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