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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Cato the Elder on Old Age, On Old Age.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What danger does Cicero foresee despite preparing his case against Verres so well?
(a) Verres will be acquitted.
(b) Verres will be convicted.
(c) Verres will seek revenge.
(d) Verres will flee.

2. What consul, in particular, is Cicero happy with according to the twenty-third letter?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Lucius plancus.
(c) Octavian.
(d) Caesar.

3. In what did Verres put his expectation of safety?
(a) Money.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) His innocence.
(d) The judges.

4. Who is modeling his actions after Rome's past enemies?
(a) Verres.
(b) Marcus.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Antony.

5. Who bore a resemblance to wise men, but were not according to Cicero?
(a) The senators.
(b) The Oracles.
(c) The Seven Wise Men.
(d) Antony's supporters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marcus Atilius was convicted of ___________.

2. Where did Cicero write the fourth letter?

3. According to Cicero in his first point in Attack on Misgovernment, Against Verres I, how does Cicero see the court as being?

4. What are goodness and right?

5. What was Publius Clodius' main quality?

(see the answer key)

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