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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. Who hates Verres more than the Roman people in the fifteenth argument?
(a) Cnaeus Tremellius.
(b) The judges.
(c) Hortensius.
(d) Cicero.

2. Who was elected consul during the election just prior to the start of the trial?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Verres' friend, Caetus.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Verres' lawyer, Hortensius.

3. What does Caesar claim was always advantageous according to Cicero?
(a) Bribes.
(b) Morally right actions.
(c) Immoral actions.
(d) Military victories.

4. With what are the Roman tribunals branded?
(a) Infamy.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Piety.

5. Where does Caesar invite Cicero in the thirteenth letter?
(a) Canosa.
(b) Milan.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Hannibal's father?

2. To whom did Cicero send the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?

3. Why is Cicero trying to persuade Tiro from traveling?

4. What was Publius Clodius' main quality?

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

(see the answer key)

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