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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 post does Cicero say he is being offered in his third letter?
(a) Part of the triumvirate.
(b) Praetor.
(c) Senator.
(d) Judge.

2. According to Cicero in his fourth argument against Verres, what was the name of the consul Verres betrayed?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Octavian.
(c) Cnaeus Carbo.
(d) Mark Antony.

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

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

5. According to Cicero in his fourth argument, what position did Verres occupy when he embezzled public money and abandoned his province?
(a) Proquaestor.
(b) Quaestor.
(c) Praetor.
(d) Consul.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Verres embezzled?

2. With what are the Roman tribunals branded?

3. Who is Sicily's praetor?

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

5. Why does Caesar claim to need Cicero?

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