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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. To whom did Cicero send the third letter?
(a) His wife.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Verres.

2. According to Cicero in his eighteenth argument against Verres, what will change during the trial in comparison to the "old mode"?
(a) The witnesses will be called as the counts are brought forward.
(b) Cicero will talk and then produce the witnesses.
(c) The witnesses will be anonymous.
(d) The witnesses will be ignored.

3. Who was elected consul during the election just prior to the start of the trial?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Verres' lawyer, Hortensius.
(c) Verres' friend, Caetus.
(d) Cicero.

4. In the eighteenth letter, who came to Cicero's house?
(a) Atticus.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Tiro.
(d) Caesar.

5. Whose speech does Cicero go and listen to according to the twenty-first letter?
(a) Caesar's.
(b) Pompey's.
(c) Brutus'.
(d) Tiro's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cicero's wife's name, as noted in his third letter?

2. Whom does Cicero believe became the conqueror's chief gangster?

3. According to Cicero, whose ideal is "to live consistently with nature"?

4. In the twentieth letter, Cicero is glad of __________.

5. What would have benefited Antony had he visited Cicero's home?

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