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

2. What will stop Cicero's fight against wicked men?
(a) His wedding.
(b) His death.
(c) His retirement.
(d) A large amount of money.

3. What is at stake if Lucius refuses to identify himself with the cause of Roman freedom, according to the final letter?
(a) Lucius' citizenship.
(b) Lucius' money.
(c) Lucius' life.
(d) Lucius' position.

4. Whom does Verres think ill of in Cicero's third argument against Verres?
(a) Thieves.
(b) The judges.
(c) Virtuous men.
(d) The Senate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fate did Rome's enemies share over the past twenty years?

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

3. In the seventeenth letter, what is Cicero's opinion of Brutus?

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

5. What is Cicero expressing concern for in his third letter?

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