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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, The Second Philippic against Antony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Verres think ill of in Cicero's third argument against Verres?
(a) Virtuous men.
(b) Thieves.
(c) The judges.
(d) The Senate.

2. Who is the recipient of the fifteenth letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Marcus Terentius Varro.
(b) Tullia.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Verres.

3. In the fifteenth letter, how does Cicero qualify the state of the country?
(a) In revolt.
(b) In chaos.
(c) In trouble.
(d) Good.

4. According to Cicero in his eighteenth argument against Verres, what will change during the trial in comparison to the "old mode"?
(a) The witnesses will be anonymous.
(b) Cicero will talk and then produce the witnesses.
(c) The witnesses will be called as the counts are brought forward.
(d) The witnesses will be ignored.

5. What does Gaius not do according to Cicero in the twenty-third letter?
(a) Invite Cicero to a banquet.
(b) Invite Cicero to a hunting trip.
(c) Invite Cicero to his oath of office.
(d) Invite Cicero to his house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Cicero fend off attempts by Verres to tarnish him?

2. What are the moral standards of Publius Sulpicius, the judge?

3. In what spirit does Antony take a step to attack Cicero verbally?

4. Who wrote the ninth letter?

5. Who rescued the Senate from annihilation according to Cicero?

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