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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. In the fourteenth letter, Cicero claims that ___________ delivered Atticus' previous letter.
(a) Tullia.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Tiro.

2. Who is the recipient of the fifteenth letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Marcus Terentius Varro.
(b) Verres.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Tullia.

3. In Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence, to whom did Cicero write the first letter?
(a) Anthony.
(b) Cato.
(c) Verres.
(d) Pompey.

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

5. Where does Caesar invite Cicero in the thirteenth letter?
(a) Canosa.
(b) Rome.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Milan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was elected consul during the election just prior to the start of the trial?

2. How many children does Cicero say he has in his third letter?

3. According to Cicero in his eleventh argument against Verres, who is his adversary in the courtroom?

4. What defeated Verres' imprudence in selecting the judges to attempt to bribe?

5. How much money did Verres embezzled?

(see the answer key)

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