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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. 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 called as the counts are brought forward.
(b) The witnesses will be anonymous.
(c) The witnesses will be ignored.
(d) Cicero will talk and then produce the witnesses.

2. What was Publius Clodius' main quality?
(a) Impatient.
(b) Reliable.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Hysterical.

3. According to Cicero, what is the most serious crime a man can commit?
(a) To kill a tyrant.
(b) To kill a woman.
(c) To kill an enemy.
(d) To kill a friend.

4. According to the twenty-first letter, what is Cicero's reaction to the speech which he heard?
(a) It was good.
(b) It was bad.
(c) It was short.
(d) It was inconsistent.

5. Why is Cicero trying to persuade Tiro from traveling?
(a) War is raging.
(b) Tiro is a fugitive.
(c) Tiro is old.
(d) Tiro is sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Hannibal's father?

2. What does Caesar claim was always advantageous according to Cicero?

3. According to Cicero, whose ideal is "to live consistently with nature"?

4. Who discovered that Ulysses was faking madness?

5. Whom does Cicero call "brave men"?

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