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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. Who is modeling his actions after Rome's past enemies?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Verres.
(c) Antony.
(d) Marcus.

2. According to Cicero, whose ideal is "to live consistently with nature"?
(a) Jurists.
(b) Stoics.
(c) Senators.
(d) Realists.

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

4. Who helped Cicero fend off attempts by Verres to tarnish him?
(a) The Senate.
(b) The consul.
(c) The police.
(d) His friends.

5. What was Catiline's main quality according to Cicero?
(a) Unreliable.
(b) Funny.
(c) Outrageous.
(d) Good orator.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what spirit does Antony take a step to attack Cicero verbally?

2. What are goodness and right?

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

4. Who hates Verres more than the Roman people in the fifteenth argument?

5. Whom does Cicero call "brave men"?

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