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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Verres was not convicted, what did Cicero think would happen in the judicial system?

2. Why was Cicero not able to execute Catiline?

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

4. What had happened to the courts, according to Cicero in Chapter 1?

5. What did Cicero promise to the jurors at the end of his first speech against Verres?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Cicero describe the corrupt trials that Verres ran in Sicily?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the defense strategy of Verres during his trial. Also, provide an analysis of Cicero's methods in thwarting the corrupt defense plans with In Verrum I and how it demonstrated his skills as a writer and orator.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how Cicero stopped Catiline's conspiracy plot and the evidence he presented to the senate. Also, include an analysis of the senate's reaction to Cicero's evidence, the public's reaction to In Catilinam III, and Cicero's refusal to accept the full credit for saving Rome.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the six different groups of followers that Catiline had that Cicero spoke about in his speech, In Catilinam II. Which groups posed the biggest threat to Rome? Which groups were the least dangerous? Why?

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