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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the seventeenth letter, what is Cicero's opinion of Brutus?
(a) He is a fool.
(b) He is short.
(c) He is ignorant.
(d) He is a great man.

4. Whom does Verres think ill of in Cicero's third argument against Verres?
(a) Virtuous men.
(b) The judges.
(c) The Senate.
(d) Thieves.

5. Who co-wrote the eighth letter with Cicero?
(a) Pompey.
(b) His children.
(c) His wife.
(d) His brother and their sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the god's temples did Verres spare from being raided in Sicily?

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

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

4. Who helped Cicero fend off attempts by Verres to tarnish him?

5. What does Cicero promise to the Roman people?

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