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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Practical Code of Behavior, On Duties, III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cicero argues that ___________ is unnatural.
(a) Lying.
(b) Doing right.
(c) Doing wrong.
(d) Stealing.

2. What does Caesar claim was always advantageous according to Cicero?
(a) Morally right actions.
(b) Immoral actions.
(c) Military victories.
(d) Bribes.

3. What did Sicily's praetor, speaking as the consul, tell Sicilians about Verres?
(a) There is no possibility of Verres being convicted.
(b) Verres is asking for their pardon.
(c) Verres will be convicted.
(d) Verres will flee Italy.

4. Who hates Verres more than the Roman people in the fifteenth argument?
(a) Cnaeus Tremellius.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Hortensius.
(d) The judges.

5. Who requested that Cicero take the case against Verres?
(a) The Sicilians.
(b) The consul.
(c) The praetor
(d) Verres.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero, what would be the wrong thing for a merchant to do if there was knowledge of a food shortage?

2. What reason does Antony give for visiting Cicero's house?

3. How does Cicero say a man can balance advantages and rightness?

4. Who was elected consul during the election just prior to the start of the trial?

5. Where was Cicero going when he wrote the second letter?

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