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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. How many men came to Cicero's house according to the eighteenth letter?
(a) 200 men.
(b) 2 men.
(c) 2000 men.
(d) 20 men.

2. What did Cicero propose to the recipient of the first letter?
(a) To pay him for counsel.
(b) To vote for him.
(c) To be his political ally.
(d) To be a senator.

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

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

5. To whom did Cicero send the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Tiro.
(c) Lucius Munatius Plancus.
(d) Atticus.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Cicero write the second letter?

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

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

4. Marcus Atilius was convicted of ___________.

5. Where was Cicero going when he wrote the second letter?

(see the answer key)

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