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

2. Marcus Atilius was convicted of ___________.
(a) Murder.
(b) Extortion.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Treason.

3. Who hates Verres more than the Roman people in the fifteenth argument?
(a) Cnaeus Tremellius.
(b) Hortensius.
(c) Cicero.
(d) The judges.

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

5. What did the new consul elect tell Verres when Verres congratulated him for his victory?
(a) "Thank you for your financial support."
(b) "You need to flee the country immediately."
(c) "You have been acquitted by this day's comitia."
(d) "The consul cannot help you."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cicero promise to the Roman people?

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

3. Who restored the tribunes?

4. What will Cicero be after Hortensius is consul?

5. What does Verres do with the money embezzled during his third year as Sicilian praetor?

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