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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. What caused dissension, according to the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Lucius' speech.
(b) Lucius' influence.
(c) Lucius' letter.
(d) Lucius' bribes.

2. What do the respected men whom Cicero discusses have in common?
(a) They were all merchants.
(b) They did right.
(c) They did wrong.
(d) They were all senators.

3. Why did Cicero ironically think Antony broke off the relationship with him?
(a) To make friends in reputable circles.
(b) To please Cicero's old enemies.
(c) To make friends of judges.
(d) To make friends in disreputable circles.

4. What favor did Cicero acknowledge Antony did for him?
(a) Antony didn't kill him.
(b) Antony got him out of jail.
(c) Antony helped him get elected.
(d) Antony loaned him money.

5. Which of Antony's accusations does Cicero find the most serious?
(a) Cicero started the feud between them.
(b) The people of Rome hate Cicero.
(c) Antony started the feud between them.
(d) The Roman Senate is corrupt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence, to whom did Cicero write the first letter?

2. Which of the god's temples did Verres spare from being raided in Sicily?

3. Who helped Antony be elected as augur?

4. What level does the duty of becoming wiser and better occupy, according to Cicero's arguments?

5. According to Cicero in his sixth argument against Verres, what did Verres try to do after the consular comitia?

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