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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Unreported revolts.
(c) Staging fake revolts.
(d) Falsely reporting revolts that never took place.

2. According to Cicero's opening of his first speech against Verres, who despised the jurors?
(a) Verres.
(b) The consul.
(c) The praetor.
(d) The people.

3. Which one of the following was assumed to be elected to the consulship and help Verres?
(a) Nasica.
(b) Metellus.
(c) Hortensius.
(d) Sisenna.

4. Based on what Cicero said in his speech, how did many people feel about the possibility that Verres could use bribery to cause an acquittal?
(a) They were underestimating it.
(b) They were not worried.
(c) They were overestimating it.
(d) They were worried.

5. How did Cicero describe the conflict between Rome and Mithridates?
(a) Unpredictable.
(b) Long.
(c) Serious.
(d) Short.

6. Where was Cicero's first speech against Catiline given?
(a) At Catiline's house.
(b) In the Senate.
(c) At Cicero's house.
(d) Outside.

7. What did Cicero urge the Roman people to consider about the war in Chapter 3?
(a) Its character and scale.
(b) Neither its character nor its scale.
(c) Its scale, but not character.
(d) Its character, but not scale.

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

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

10. What did Cicero promise to the jurors at the end of his first speech against Verres?
(a) Not to use any tricky legal moves.
(b) To be creative in his attempts to prosecute.
(c) To present an indefensible prosecution.
(d) Not to be late for the hearings.

11. How many speeches did Cicero give against Verres at the hearings?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

12. How many speeches were written in total against Verres?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

13. Where was Verres a governor when he committed the corrupt actions Cicero spoke against?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Napoli.
(c) Rome.
(d) Palermo.

14. Which two things did Cicero say the Roman people were eager for in Chapter 3?
(a) Treasure and land.
(b) Glory and treasure.
(c) Glory and renown.
(d) Land and renown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following did Cicero thank for protecting the people against Catiline's treachery?

2. Did Cicero say that the region Verres governed could be restored to its previous state?

3. Why was Cicero not able to execute Catiline?

4. How did Cicero categorize the war's outcome in his speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?

5. What did Verres do with the Naval's fleet money?

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