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

2. What fate did Rome's enemies share over the past twenty years?
(a) Political functions.
(b) Imprisonment.
(c) Exile.
(d) Death.

3. What is Cicero nervous about in his seventh letter?
(a) The war.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) The provincial Governorship appointee.
(d) The new Triumvirate.

4. What is Cicero's wife's name, as noted in his third letter?
(a) Aria.
(b) Era.
(c) Diane.
(d) Terentia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the twentieth letter, Cicero is glad of __________.

2. Who was Hannibal's father?

3. What does Cicero state cannot happen in a court of law?

4. How many children does Cicero say he has in his third letter?

5. Who wrote the ninth letter?

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