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

2. What does Cicero promise to the Roman people?
(a) To be honorable and fair.
(b) To convict Verres.
(c) To raise taxes.
(d) To be corrupt.

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

4. According to Cicero in his first point in Attack on Misgovernment, Against Verres I, how does Cicero see the court as being?
(a) In chaos.
(b) In disarray.
(c) In good moral standing.
(d) In discredit.

5. Who requested that Cicero take the case against Verres?
(a) The praetor
(b) The consul.
(c) The Sicilians.
(d) Verres.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Verres embezzled?

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

3. What did Sicily's praetor, speaking as the consul, tell Sicilians about Verres?

4. Who restored the tribunes?

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

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