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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the moral standards of Publius Sulpicius, the judge?
(a) Open to bribes.
(b) Unscrupulous.
(c) Corrupted.
(d) Solemn and upright.

2. Who restored the tribunes?
(a) Marcus Atilius.
(b) Quintus Catulus.
(c) Cnaeus Tremellius.
(d) Cnaeus Pompeius.

3. What will stop Cicero's fight against wicked men?
(a) A large amount of money.
(b) His retirement.
(c) His wedding.
(d) His death.

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

5. What does Gaius not do according to Cicero in the twenty-third letter?
(a) Invite Cicero to a hunting trip.
(b) Invite Cicero to a banquet.
(c) Invite Cicero to his house.
(d) Invite Cicero to his oath of office.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who co-wrote the eighth letter with Cicero?

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

3. How many chests of money were left at "some senator's house"?

4. What is Cicero nervous about in his seventh letter?

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

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