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

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

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

4. How does Cicero feel about Gaius' chance for victory against his rival?
(a) He is in denial.
(b) He is optimistic.
(c) He is pessimistic.
(d) He is realistic.

5. According to Cicero in his eighteenth argument against Verres, what will change during the trial in comparison to the "old mode"?
(a) The witnesses will be anonymous.
(b) Cicero will talk and then produce the witnesses.
(c) The witnesses will be ignored.
(d) The witnesses will be called as the counts are brought forward.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gaius not do according to Cicero in the twenty-third letter?

3. What consul, in particular, is Cicero happy with according to the twenty-third letter?

4. In what did Verres put his expectation of safety?

5. Why does Caesar claim to need Cicero?

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