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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. According to Cicero in his eighteenth argument against Verres, what will change during the trial in comparison to the "old mode"?
(a) Cicero will talk and then produce the witnesses.
(b) The witnesses will be called as the counts are brought forward.
(c) The witnesses will be anonymous.
(d) The witnesses will be ignored.

2. What does Cicero believe can make society fall apart?
(a) The Stoic influence.
(b) Barbarian invasion.
(c) Greek influence.
(d) Men acting only in their self interest.

3. What does Cicero consider and debate in section nine?
(a) If honesty is always necessary.
(b) If rightness is always necessary.
(c) If stealing is always necessary.
(d) If lying is always necessary.

4. Cicero believed that __________ is a united body.
(a) Family.
(b) The judges.
(c) The military.
(d) Society.

5. What virtue does Cicero hope Marcus Glabrio inherited from his father?
(a) Staying sober.
(b) Financial planning.
(c) Physical strength.
(d) Resisting audacious men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what did Verres put his expectation of safety?

2. Who co-wrote the eighth letter with Cicero?

3. Where does Caesar invite Cicero in the thirteenth letter?

4. In the seventeenth letter, what is Cicero's opinion of Brutus?

5. How many senators have been condemned by the courts since restoring the tribunes?

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