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

2. Which of the god's temples did Verres spare from being raided in Sicily?
(a) Apollo.
(b) None.
(c) Diana.
(d) Jupiter.

3. What qualifies Quintus Catulus, according to Cicero?
(a) Sagacity and honor.
(b) Poor judgment and dishonesty.
(c) Sagacity and dishonesty.
(d) Poor judgment and honor.

4. According to Cicero in his sixth argument against Verres, what did Verres try to do after the consular comitia?
(a) Bribe judges.
(b) Flee.
(c) Plead guilty.
(d) Choose a new lawyer.

5. According to Cicero in his fourth argument against Verres, what was the name of the consul Verres betrayed?
(a) Octavian.
(b) Cnaeus Carbo.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Mark Antony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What virtue does Cicero hope Marcus Glabrio inherited from his father?

2. What danger does Cicero foresee despite preparing his case against Verres so well?

3. Whom does Verres think ill of in Cicero's third argument against Verres?

4. How much money did Verres embezzled?

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

(see the answer key)

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