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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. If Verres was not convicted, what did Cicero think would happen in the judicial system?
(a) There would be challenges to the decision.
(b) There would be silence.
(c) There would be vicious acts against the decision.
(d) There would be an upheaval.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cicero insist must be destroyed in order to win the war in Chapter 3?

2. Besides the honor of their ancestors, what else did Cicero say was at stake for the Roman people in the war against Mithridates?

3. Tigranes was from ____________.

4. What was Cicero describing when he referred to Servilius?

5. Which of the following best describes Pompey's military successes at the time Cicero gave his speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Verres' role in the war against the slaves misinterpreted?

2. What advice did Cicero have for Hortensius in his second speech against Verres?

3. Which reasons did Cicero give for Catiline to go into exile in Chapter 4?

4. Which other countries did Cicero say had witnessed Pompey's skills, and why did he think that Pompey had authority?

5. How did Cicero respond to the accusation that Catiline should have already been executed in Chapter 4?

6. What reasons were given for why Cicero could not arrest or execute Catiline at the time he gave In Catilinam I?

7. As Cicero explained in his speech, what was at stake in the war against Mithridates?

8. How did Cicero end In Verrum II?

9. Who opposed the election of Pompey, and how did Cicero address their concerns in his speech?

10. What did Cicero say about Sicily and Verres' actions in Sicily in Chapter 1?

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