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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many steps did Cicero suggest the people of Rome should consider when deciding who would lead the Roman military in Chapter 3?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

3. Would the proposal for Pompey to command the Roman forces against Mithridates have gone through without Cicero's speech?
(a) It is unknown.
(b) Most likely.
(c) Not likely.
(d) Only if Cicero gave an endorsement without a speech.

4. According to what Cicero told Hortensius, the opposing counsel, in Chapter 2, what did Hortensius owe Verres?
(a) Money.
(b) His life.
(c) Everything.
(d) Nothing.

5. After refusing to behead a pirate captain, what did Verres do, according to Cicero?
(a) Gave the pirate a job.
(b) Set the pirate free.
(c) Gave the pirate money.
(d) Provided the pirate with food.

6. What office did Cicero have when he made the speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?
(a) Praetor.
(b) Censor.
(c) Consul.
(d) Tribune.

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. How many galleys did Heracleo sail around the coast to taunt the people?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

12. As Cicero stated in his first speech against Verres, what would a failure to convict cause?
(a) A rejection of apathy.
(b) A rejection of suspicions.
(c) A confirmation of suspicions.
(d) A confirmation of apathy.

13. What did Cicero say he would do if he were in Catiline's position?
(a) Be imprisoned.
(b) Go into exile.
(c) Offer the people compensation.
(d) Attempt an explanation.

14. What is the last thing that Cicero mentioned to prove Verres' lack of participation in the war against runaway slaves?
(a) His abuse of women.
(b) His losses in battle.
(c) His knowledge of escaped slaves.
(d) His attempts to thwart the capture of slaves.

15. Which of the following were not included in the crimes against Verres that Cicero spoke of in the conclusion of Chapter 1?
(a) Indirect blasphemy.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) Intentional use of a false identity.
(d) Cruelty against citizens and allies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cicero told the jurors that the attempt to bribe them should be taken as ______________.

2. Following his summaries of smaller points, what did Cicero say was enough to convict Verres?

3. Where was Verres a governor when he committed the corrupt actions Cicero spoke against?

4. Why did Verres choose to flee into exile?

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

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