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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, The Second Philippic against Antony.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom is Cicero blaming for his wife's sorrow in his third letter?
(a) The war.
(b) Himself.
(c) His children.
(d) Caesar.

3. What does Cicero state cannot happen in a court of law?
(a) Conviction of an innocent man.
(b) Conviction of a woman.
(c) Conviction of a poor man.
(d) Conviction of a wealthy man.

4. Marcus Atilius was convicted of ___________.
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Extortion.
(c) Murder.
(d) Treason.

5. Who rescued the Senate from annihilation according to Cicero?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Himself.
(c) Antony.
(d) Sicca.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bore a resemblance to wise men, but were not according to Cicero?

2. What danger does Cicero foresee despite preparing his case against Verres so well?

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

4. What happened to Roman citizens under Verres' rule in Sicily?

5. Who discovered that Ulysses was faking madness?

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