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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) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

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

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

5. Why did Cicero think that Verres committed crimes against the citizens of Rome?
(a) Greed.
(b) Cicero did not say.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Amusement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of speech did Cicero give for Pompey in Chapter 3?

2. What did Cicero cite as an example to support his theory that executing Catiline would have hurt the unity of the country?

3. Tigranes was from ____________.

4. How did Cicero describe the conflict between Rome and Mithridates?

5. What did Cicero say he would do if he were in Catiline's position?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Cicero describe Verres in In Verrem I?

2. Why was the senate losing patience with Catiline, and what outraged Cicero at the beginning of In Catilinam I?

3. What corruption was exposed by Cicero about Verres' handling of the naval defense funds?

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

5. How did Verres intend to escape the charges being brought against him?

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

7. What position did Cicero have when he gave the speeches against Verres, and what situation caused him to write them?

8. Why did Cicero think that Pompey had military knowledge and ability?

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

10. How did Cicero end In Verrum II?

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