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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 invited to be a senator.
(b) He was condemned for the use of violence.
(c) He received money.
(d) He fled Rome.

2. Why does Caesar claim to need Cicero?
(a) For Pompey's sake.
(b) For the empire's sake.
(c) For Cicero's sake.
(d) For Caesar's sake.

3. Marcus Atilius was convicted of ___________.
(a) Treason.
(b) Murder.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Extortion.

4. What virtue does Cicero hope Marcus Glabrio inherited from his father?
(a) Financial planning.
(b) Resisting audacious men.
(c) Physical strength.
(d) Staying sober.

5. According to Cicero, who is the best tragic poet?
(a) Homer.
(b) Quintus Ennius.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Marcus Pacuvius.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would have prevented Antony from going to Cicero's home, according to Cicero?

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

3. What does Verres do with the money embezzled during his third year as Sicilian praetor?

4. What was Publius Clodius' main quality?

5. According to Cicero in his eighth argument against Verres, what responsibilities fell on Marcus Metellus?

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