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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Cicero feel about the chance to interact with the people of Rome while giving his endorsement speech for Pompey?
(a) He was surprised.
(b) He was happy.
(c) He was humbled.
(d) He was overwhelmed.

3. 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) Beyond the rigor of the first.
(c) In a more intelligent way than the first.
(d) With the same rigor of the first.

4. 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 lost to all.
(c) It looked largely won to all.
(d) It looked largely won to some.

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

6. What type of speech did Cicero give for Pompey in Chapter 3?
(a) Deliberative.
(b) Demonstrative.
(c) Forensic.
(d) Judicial.

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

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

9. What did Verres do with the Naval's fleet money?
(a) He embezzled it.
(b) He never used it.
(c) He lost it.
(d) He gave it to the enemies.

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

11. Which of the following is another reason that Cicero gave the jurors to convict Verres in Chapter 2?
(a) The safety of the people Verres had persecuted.
(b) The safety of the witnesses against Verres.
(c) The return of the money that Verres stole.
(d) The return of the items that Verres stole.

12. As Cicero explained to the jurors, what effect did the scheduling of the court date have on his efforts to collect evidence?
(a) It made it more enjoyable.
(b) It made it impossible.
(c) It made it easier.
(d) It made it more difficult.

13. Which sea did Pompey clear of pirates to show his military ability?
(a) Adriatic Sea.
(b) Celtic Sea.
(c) North Sea.
(d) Mediterranean Sea.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Cicero stated in his first speech against Verres, what would a failure to convict cause?

2. What did Cicero say that the Roman people were in danger of losing from the war with Mithridates?

3. How many galleys did Heracleo sail around the coast to taunt the people?

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

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

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