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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two words did Cicero use to describe Verres in his first speech against him?
(a) Reckless and idiotic.
(b) Reckless and insane.
(c) Insane and irresponsible.
(d) Reckless and irresponsible.

3. Why did Verres choose to flee into exile?
(a) He thought Cicero would not present his case in his absence.
(b) The jury could not convict him if he was not present.
(c) The evidence was too damning.
(d) He became ill.

4. When did Mithridates acquire the territories he controlled during the time of Cicero's speech in Chapter 3?
(a) Both before and after his alliance with Rome.
(b) After his alliance with Rome.
(c) During his alliance with Rome.
(d) Before his alliance with Rome.

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

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

7. Which hearing was Verres convicted at after he failed to appear?
(a) The first.
(b) The third.
(c) The fourth.
(d) The second.

8. What did Verres apparently do when the people protested his treatment of the pirate captain?
(a) He gave them an invented excuse.
(b) He threatened them.
(c) He attempted to bribe them.
(d) He ignored them.

9. Demonstrating Pompey's military knowledge, how did Cicero describe his rise to power?
(a) Quick, but not dramatic.
(b) Dramatic, but not quick.
(c) Quick and dramatic.
(d) Neither quick nor dramatic.

10. Why was Cicero not able to execute Catiline?
(a) Lack of evidence.
(b) Misplaced doubt.
(c) Bribed officials.
(d) Popular pressures.

11. What is the one thing that could have possibly spared Verres?
(a) His military reputation.
(b) The length of time he spent in the military.
(c) His donation of several key military weapons.
(d) The number of times he was wounded in battle.

12. What did Cicero say that the Roman people were in danger of losing from the war with Mithridates?
(a) Their weapons.
(b) Their empire.
(c) Their money.
(d) Their military.

13. What did Cicero insist must be destroyed in order to win the war in Chapter 3?
(a) The cost of surrender.
(b) The possibility of disgrace.
(c) The threat of defeat.
(d) The price of resignation.

14. When did Cicero say that Catiline should have been killed by the Roman consul?
(a) A long time ago.
(b) Two days ago.
(c) A short time ago.
(d) One day ago.

15. What year were the speeches of In Verrem given?
(a) 71 B.C.
(b) 67 B.C.
(c) 70 B.C.
(d) 68 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. For which of the following reasons did Cicero encourage Catiline to go into exile at the end of Chapter 4?

2. If Verres was not convicted, what did Cicero think would happen in the judicial system?

3. According to what Cicero told Hortensius, the opposing counsel, in Chapter 2, what did Hortensius owe Verres?

4. Which word was used to represent a legal speech in describing Cicero's speeches against Verres?

5. What did Cicero say was the response to Catiline still being alive in Chapter 4?

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