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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Cicero in his eighth argument against Verres, what responsibilities fell on Marcus Metellus?
(a) Extortion trials.
(b) Treason trials.
(c) Petty theft trials.
(d) Murder trials.

2. What is Cicero expressing concern for in his third letter?
(a) Money.
(b) Freedom.
(c) War.
(d) Justice.

3. What qualifies Quintus Catulus, according to Cicero?
(a) Sagacity and honor.
(b) Sagacity and dishonesty.
(c) Poor judgment and honor.
(d) Poor judgment and dishonesty.

4. How much money did Verres embezzled?
(a) 400,000 sesterces.
(b) 400,000,000 sesterces.
(c) 10,000 sesterces.
(d) 300,000 sesterces.

5. In the eighteenth letter, who came to Cicero's house?
(a) Atticus.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Tiro.

6. To whom did Cicero send the third letter?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Verres.
(d) His wife.

7. According to Cicero in his fourth argument against Verres, what was the name of the consul Verres betrayed?
(a) Octavian.
(b) Mark Antony.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Cnaeus Carbo.

8. Who is the recipient of the fifteenth letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Tullia.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Verres.
(d) Marcus Terentius Varro.

9. What will stop Cicero's fight against wicked men?
(a) A large amount of money.
(b) His retirement.
(c) His wedding.
(d) His death.

10. How does Cicero feel about Gaius' chance for victory against his rival?
(a) He is pessimistic.
(b) He is optimistic.
(c) He is in denial.
(d) He is realistic.

11. In Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence, to whom did Cicero write the first letter?
(a) Cato.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Verres.
(d) Anthony.

12. What is at stake if Lucius refuses to identify himself with the cause of Roman freedom, according to the final letter?
(a) Lucius' position.
(b) Lucius' life.
(c) Lucius' citizenship.
(d) Lucius' money.

13. What did Cicero propose to the recipient of the first letter?
(a) To be a senator.
(b) To pay him for counsel.
(c) To vote for him.
(d) To be his political ally.

14. Whom does Cicero see in Rome according to the twenty-second letter?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Gaius.
(d) Verres.

15. According to Cicero in his sixth argument against Verres, what did Verres try to do after the consular comitia?
(a) Bribe judges.
(b) Flee.
(c) Choose a new lawyer.
(d) Plead guilty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What danger does Cicero foresee despite preparing his case against Verres so well?

3. What did Sicily's praetor, speaking as the consul, tell Sicilians about Verres?

4. What happened to Roman citizens under Verres' rule in Sicily?

5. How many men came to Cicero's house according to the eighteenth letter?

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