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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Phillipic II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of Verres' acquaintances was also implicated in the mishandled capture of a pirate captain?
(a) Lyso.
(b) Archonides.
(c) Aeschrio.
(d) Cleomenes.

2. How did Verres make it appear as though he was saving the people in his region from slave revolts?
(a) Paying witnesses to fabricate stories.
(b) Falsely reporting revolts that never took place.
(c) Staging fake revolts.
(d) Unreported revolts.

3. How much time had passed after Caesar's assassination when Cicero returned to Rome to find Antonius attempting to take control?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two months.

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

5. What did many people wonder about Cicero's Pro Marcello speech?
(a) Why it was not shorter.
(b) Why it was not longer.
(c) Why Cicero gave it.
(d) Why Cicero waited so long to give it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Demonstrating Pompey's military knowledge, how did Cicero describe his rise to power?

3. Although the crisis was still active when Cicero gave his speech to the Romans in Chapter 6, when did he say it would be over?

4. Which type of speech were the speeches against Verres considered?

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

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