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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 did Sicily's praetor, speaking as the consul, tell Sicilians about Verres?
(a) Verres will be convicted.
(b) Verres is asking for their pardon.
(c) Verres will flee Italy.
(d) There is no possibility of Verres being convicted.

2. Whom is Cicero blaming for his wife's sorrow in his third letter?
(a) The war.
(b) Caesar.
(c) His children.
(d) Himself.

3. How many children does Cicero say he has in his third letter?
(a) Three children.
(b) No children.
(c) Two children.
(d) One child.

4. To whom did Cicero send the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Atticus.
(b) Tiro.
(c) Lucius Munatius Plancus.
(d) Julius Caesar.

5. What does one side think of the attitude of the merchant who doesn't tell the other merchants about the food shortage?
(a) Truthful.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Deceiving.
(d) Honest.

Short Answer Questions

1. The invisible man should listen to ___________.

2. Why does Caesar claim to need Cicero?

3. What impact does sharp practice have on the community?

4. How many chests of money were left at "some senator's house"?

5. What does Gaius not do according to Cicero in the twenty-third letter?

(see the answer key)

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