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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Attack on Misgovernment, Against Verres I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sicily's praetor?
(a) Marcus Glabrio.
(b) Junius.
(c) Marcus Caesonius.
(d) Lucius Metellus.

2. According to Cicero in his fourth argument, what position did Verres occupy when he embezzled public money and abandoned his province?
(a) Consul.
(b) Quaestor.
(c) Proquaestor.
(d) Praetor.

3. According to Cicero in his eighteenth argument against Verres, what will change during the trial in comparison to the "old mode"?
(a) The witnesses will be anonymous.
(b) The witnesses will be ignored.
(c) The witnesses will be called as the counts are brought forward.
(d) Cicero will talk and then produce the witnesses.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero in his sixth argument against Verres, what did Verres try to do after the consular comitia?

2. How many senators have been condemned by the courts since restoring the tribunes?

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

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

5. What does Cicero promise to the Roman people?

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