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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. What happened to Curio's friend after Antony's election as augur?
(a) He was condemned for the use of violence.
(b) He was invited to be a senator.
(c) He fled Rome.
(d) He received money.

2. What does Cicero state cannot happen in a court of law?
(a) Conviction of a wealthy man.
(b) Conviction of a poor man.
(c) Conviction of a woman.
(d) Conviction of an innocent man.

3. 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.

4. To whom did Cicero send the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Atticus.
(b) Tiro.
(c) Lucius Munatius Plancus.
(d) Julius Caesar.

5. What differentiated Antony from Cicero's past enemies?
(a) Antony took the initiative against Cicero instead of Cicero going after Antony.
(b) Cicero took the initiative against Antony instead of Antony going after Cicero.
(c) Cicero was younger than Antony.
(d) Cicero and Antony physically fought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cicero nervous about in his seventh letter?

2. What reason does Antony give for visiting Cicero's house?

3. Who co-wrote the eighth letter with Cicero?

4. What post does Cicero say he is being offered in his third letter?

5. According to the twenty-first letter, what is Cicero's reaction to the speech which he heard?

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