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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Verres' defense strategy?
(a) To slander Cicero.
(b) To prove his innocence.
(c) To delay the trial.
(d) To eliminate the witnesses.

2. Cicero told the jurors that the attempt to bribe them should be taken as ______________.
(a) An insult.
(b) A joke.
(c) A contradiction.
(d) Evidence of corruption.

3. Tigranes was from ____________.
(a) Cyrenaica.
(b) Parthia.
(c) Armenia.
(d) Pisidia.

4. How many letters did Cicero write in condemnation against Catiline and his followers?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

5. How many speeches were not actually given by Cicero because Verres had already gone into exile?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

7. Why had Catiline not already retreated into exile when Cicero gave his speech?
(a) He did not think Cicero could convict him.
(b) He could not think of where to retreat..
(c) He had bribed all of Cicero's witnesses.
(d) He planned to, but he changed his mind.

8. 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) The people of other regions.
(b) The senate.
(c) The Roman citizens.
(d) His followers.

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

10. How did Cicero categorize the war's outcome in his speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?
(a) It looked largely lost to some.
(b) It looked largely won to all.
(c) It looked largely lost to all.
(d) It looked largely won to some.

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

12. When did Cicero indicate that Catiline had been planning his death?
(a) The previous week.
(b) The previous month.
(c) The previous night.
(d) The previous year.

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

14. Who uncovered Catiline's plot to assassinate Cicero?
(a) Cicero.
(b) A friend of Cicero.
(c) A military general.
(d) A spy.

15. When did the first hearing against Verres take place?
(a) June 4-11.
(b) August 5-13.
(c) August 7-14.
(d) June 2-10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing that Cicero mentioned to prove Verres' lack of participation in the war against runaway slaves?

2. How did Verres make it appear as though he built a trireme?

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

4. Which hearing was Verres convicted at after he failed to appear?

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

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