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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 is the main topic of the sixteenth letter?
(a) Cicero's daughter's death.
(b) Cicero's daughter's wedding.
(c) Cicero's daughter's election.
(d) Cicero's daughter's birth.

2. According to the twenty-first letter, what is Cicero's reaction to the speech which he heard?
(a) It was good.
(b) It was inconsistent.
(c) It was bad.
(d) It was short.

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

4. Who wrote the ninth letter?
(a) Cicero's wife.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Tiro.
(d) Pompey.

5. According to Cicero in his eleventh argument against Verres, who is his adversary in the courtroom?
(a) Verres.
(b) The judges.
(c) The praetor.
(d) Hortensius.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who restored the tribunes?

2. What does Cicero promise to the Roman people?

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

4. Who helped Cicero fend off attempts by Verres to tarnish him?

5. What will Cicero be after Hortensius is consul?

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