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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. Whom does Cicero see in Rome according to the twenty-second letter?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Verres.
(c) Gaius.
(d) Caesar.

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

3. Why does Caesar claim to need Cicero?
(a) For Cicero's sake.
(b) For Pompey's sake.
(c) For the empire's sake.
(d) For Caesar's sake.

4. In the eighteenth letter, who came to Cicero's house?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Tiro.
(d) Atticus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men came to Cicero's house according to the eighteenth letter?

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

3. What qualifies Quintus Catulus, according to Cicero?

4. Why is Cicero trying to persuade Tiro from traveling?

5. What did the new consul elect tell Verres when Verres congratulated him for his victory?

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