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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. Why does Caesar claim to need Cicero?
(a) For Caesar's sake.
(b) For the empire's sake.
(c) For Pompey's sake.
(d) For Cicero's sake.

2. The invisible man should listen to ___________.
(a) The law.
(b) His friends.
(c) The oracle.
(d) His true good.

3. What is the main topic of the sixteenth letter?
(a) Cicero's daughter's election.
(b) Cicero's daughter's birth.
(c) Cicero's daughter's death.
(d) Cicero's daughter's wedding.

4. What did Anthony claim to have done during the election of the augurship?
(a) To have won the election.
(b) To have bought votes.
(c) To not have participated.
(d) To have retired in Cicero's favor.

5. What impact does sharp practice have on the community?
(a) No impact.
(b) Makes the people want more money.
(c) Bad.
(d) Good.

Short Answer Questions

1. What definition does Cicero give of a sharp practice?

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

3. Who rescued the Senate from annihilation according to Cicero?

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

5. To whom did Cicero write the second letter?

(see the answer key)

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