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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) Verres.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Gaius.
(d) Brutus.

2. Who co-wrote the eighth letter with Cicero?
(a) Pompey.
(b) His brother and their sons.
(c) His children.
(d) His wife.

3. In what did Verres put his expectation of safety?
(a) His innocence.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) The judges.
(d) Money.

4. What is Cicero's wife's name, as noted in his third letter?
(a) Era.
(b) Aria.
(c) Diane.
(d) Terentia.

5. How many children does Cicero say he has in his third letter?
(a) One child.
(b) No children.
(c) Three children.
(d) Two children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom is Cicero blaming for his wife's sorrow in his third letter?

2. What did Sicily's praetor, speaking as the consul, tell Sicilians about Verres?

3. Where does Caesar invite Cicero in the thirteenth letter?

4. In the fifteenth letter, how does Cicero qualify the state of the country?

5. What caused dissension, according to the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?

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