View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Cato the Elder on Old Age, On Old Age.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cato no longer focus on during parties?
(a) Food and drink.
(b) Politics and the law.
(c) Women and drink.
(d) Senators and politics.

2. What would explain Antony trying to put Cicero at odds with the Senate?
(a) He wants to take Cicero's place in the Senate.
(b) He wants to disband the Senate.
(c) He wants to compete with Cicero as a speaker.
(d) He wants to ban Cicero from Rome.

3. With what are the Roman tribunals branded?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Piety.
(c) Infamy.
(d) Loyalty.

4. What fate did Rome's enemies share over the past twenty years?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Exile.
(c) Political functions.
(d) Death.

5. In what case does Cato believe that death could be good?
(a) If it comes during sleep.
(b) If it removes the soul.
(c) It comes late in age.
(d) If it comes at a young age.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cicero believed that __________ is a united body.

2. According to Cicero in his fourth argument, what position did Verres occupy when he embezzled public money and abandoned his province?

3. Who wrote the ninth letter?

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

5. Where did Cicero write the fourth letter?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 213 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample