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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 are goodness and right?
(a) Never used together.
(b) Synonymous.
(c) Homonyms.
(d) Antonymous.

2. What does Verres do with the money embezzled during his third year as Sicilian praetor?
(a) Gave it to his associates.
(b) Hid it for when he needed to flee.
(c) Spent it on real estate.
(d) Put it aside to bribe judges.

3. Where did Cicero write the fourth letter?
(a) Atticus.
(b) Milan.
(c) Rome.
(d) Sicily.

4. According to Cicero in Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, The Second Philippic against Antony, what did Rome's enemies have in common?
(a) They were all Romans.
(b) They were all senators.
(c) They made an enemy of Cicero as well.
(d) They were old men.

5. To whom did Cicero send the third letter?
(a) Verres.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Caesar.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero, what is the most serious crime a man can commit?

2. According to Cicero in his fourth argument against Verres, what was the name of the consul Verres betrayed?

3. What does Gaius not do according to Cicero in the twenty-third letter?

4. Who was elected consul during the election just prior to the start of the trial?

5. Where was Cicero going when he wrote the second letter?

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