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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. Who helped Antony be elected as augur?
(a) Quintus Hortensius.
(b) Curio.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Verres.

2. In the second section of A Practical Code of Behavior, what does Cicero argue cannot be weighed against advantage?
(a) Inconvenience.
(b) Law.
(c) Justice.
(d) Ideal right.

3. Who was Hannibal's father?
(a) Verres.
(b) Hamilcar.
(c) Xanthippus.
(d) Marcus Atilius Regulus.

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

5. What reason does Antony give for visiting Cicero's house?
(a) To spy on him.
(b) He was friends with his son.
(c) To receive his tuition.
(d) To court his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Cicero see in Rome according to the twenty-second letter?

2. What qualifies Quintus Catulus, according to Cicero?

3. According to Cicero in his fourth argument against Verres, what was the name of the consul Verres betrayed?

4. With what are the Roman tribunals branded?

5. Which of Antony's accusations does Cicero find the most serious?

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