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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What happened to Roman citizens under Verres' rule in Sicily?
(a) They were put to death like slaves.
(b) They were forcibly enrolled in the military.
(c) They were sent to Egypt.
(d) They were rewarded with many riches.

4. What did the new consul elect tell Verres when Verres congratulated him for his victory?
(a) "You need to flee the country immediately."
(b) "The consul cannot help you."
(c) "Thank you for your financial support."
(d) "You have been acquitted by this day's comitia."

5. According to Cicero in his fourth argument, what position did Verres occupy when he embezzled public money and abandoned his province?
(a) Consul.
(b) Praetor.
(c) Quaestor.
(d) Proquaestor.

6. What is Cicero nervous about in his seventh letter?
(a) The new Triumvirate.
(b) The provincial Governorship appointee.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) The war.

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

8. In what did Verres put his expectation of safety?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) His innocence.
(c) Money.
(d) The judges.

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

10. Who hates Verres more than the Roman people in the fifteenth argument?
(a) Cicero.
(b) Hortensius.
(c) Cnaeus Tremellius.
(d) The judges.

11. 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.

12. What will Cicero be after Hortensius is consul?
(a) An aedile.
(b) Sicily's consul.
(c) In exile.
(d) A praetor.

13. How many senators have been condemned by the courts since restoring the tribunes?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

14. In the fifteenth letter, how does Cicero qualify the state of the country?
(a) In trouble.
(b) In chaos.
(c) Good.
(d) In revolt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will stop Cicero's fight against wicked men?

2. What virtue does Cicero hope Marcus Glabrio inherited from his father?

3. What does Verres do with the money embezzled during his third year as Sicilian praetor?

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

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

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