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

2. How did Verres make it appear as though he built a trireme?
(a) He paid witnesses.
(b) He fixed the accounting books.
(c) He destroyed the accounting books.
(d) He told a story that did not require witnesses.

3. 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 attempts to thwart the capture of slaves.
(d) His knowledge of escaped slaves.

4. How did the people respond to the verdicts of the corrupt trials that Verres ran?
(a) They were horrified.
(b) They were silent.
(c) They were sad.
(d) They were confused.

5. Whom did Catiline sit with while listening to Cicero's first speech against him?
(a) Another senator.
(b) A group of senators.
(c) His counsel.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What two words did Cicero use to describe Verres in his first speech against him?

3. What did Verres apparently do when the people protested his treatment of the pirate captain?

4. Since Cicero could not likely speak against anyone else in the senate the way he had spoken of Catiline, whose respect did Catiline lose?

5. How many speeches were not actually given by Cicero because Verres had already gone into exile?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events led to the Catlinarians given by Cicero?

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

3. How did Cicero describe the conflict with Mithridates to the Romans in Chapter 3?

4. Which other pieces of evidence against Verres did Cicero include in Chapter 1?

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

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

7. What was the concern about Verres and his connections within the Roman courts?

8. In the beginning of In Verrem I, what was the first reason that Cicero gave to the jurors to convict Verres?

9. How was the building of a trireme in Messana misreported by Verres?

10. What are some of the reasons why Cicero gave a speech endorsing Pompey?

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