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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men came to Cicero's house according to the eighteenth letter?
(a) 20 men.
(b) 2000 men.
(c) 200 men.
(d) 2 men.

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

3. To whom did Cicero write the second letter?
(a) Pompey.
(b) His wife.
(c) Atticus.
(d) Verres.

4. What danger does Cicero foresee despite preparing his case against Verres so well?
(a) Verres will flee.
(b) Verres will be convicted.
(c) Verres will seek revenge.
(d) Verres will be acquitted.

5. Where does Caesar invite Cicero in the thirteenth letter?
(a) Milan.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Canosa.
(d) Rome.

6. What are Cicero feelings about Pompey's decision to go against Caesar?
(a) Pompey is wrong.
(b) He does not want to take sides.
(c) Pompey is right.
(d) He wants to be part of the coup.

7. Who requested that Cicero take the case against Verres?
(a) The praetor
(b) The Sicilians.
(c) The consul.
(d) Verres.

8. How long did Cicero spend investigating Verres in Sicily?
(a) 75 days.
(b) 40 days.
(c) 110 days.
(d) 50 days.

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

10. In the twentieth letter, Cicero is glad of __________.
(a) Caesar's rise to power.
(b) Caesar's death.
(c) His wife's visit.
(d) Tiro's remission.

11. Where was Cicero going when he wrote the second letter?
(a) To Epirus.
(b) To Rome.
(c) To Cartage.
(d) To Vilnius.

12. Who co-wrote the eighth letter with Cicero?
(a) His children.
(b) Pompey.
(c) His wife.
(d) His brother and their sons.

13. Which of the god's temples did Verres spare from being raided in Sicily?
(a) Diana.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) None.

14. In the seventeenth letter, what is Cicero's opinion of Brutus?
(a) He is a great man.
(b) He is short.
(c) He is a fool.
(d) He is ignorant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the moral standards of Publius Sulpicius, the judge?

2. What does Cicero state cannot happen in a court of law?

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

4. To whom did Cicero send the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?

5. According to the twenty-first letter, what is Cicero's reaction to the speech which he heard?

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