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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. Where does Caesar invite Cicero in the thirteenth letter?
(a) Milan.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Rome.
(d) Canosa.

2. What does Verres do with the money embezzled during his third year as Sicilian praetor?
(a) Gave it to his associates.
(b) Put it aside to bribe judges.
(c) Hid it for when he needed to flee.
(d) Spent it on real estate.

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

5. What level does the duty of becoming wiser and better occupy, according to Cicero's arguments?
(a) First.
(b) High.
(c) Middle.
(d) Low.

Short Answer Questions

1. What defeated Verres' imprudence in selecting the judges to attempt to bribe?

2. What did Anthony claim to have done during the election of the augurship?

3. Cicero believed that __________ is a united body.

4. What will Cicero be after Hortensius is consul?

5. What did Cicero propose to the recipient of the first letter?

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