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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. How many chests of money were left at "some senator's house"?
(a) Five chests.
(b) Four chests.
(c) Eight chests.
(d) Ten chests.

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

3. What defeated Verres' imprudence in selecting the judges to attempt to bribe?
(a) Cicero's honesty.
(b) Cicero's bribes.
(c) Cicero's spies.
(d) Cicero's diligence.

4. What will Cicero be after Hortensius is consul?
(a) An aedile.
(b) Sicily's consul.
(c) A praetor.
(d) In exile.

5. How many senators have been condemned by the courts since restoring the tribunes?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who hates Verres more than the Roman people in the fifteenth argument?

3. Who was elected consul during the election just prior to the start of the trial?

4. According to Cicero in his eleventh argument against Verres, who is his adversary in the courtroom?

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

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