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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Marcus Atilius was convicted of ___________.
(a) Extortion.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) Treason.
(d) Murder.

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

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

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

8. What does Verres do with the money embezzled during his third year as Sicilian praetor?
(a) Gave it to his associates.
(b) Hid it for when he needed to flee.
(c) Put it aside to bribe judges.
(d) Spent it on real estate.

9. Who wrote the ninth letter?
(a) Cicero's wife.
(b) Tiro.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Pompey.

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

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

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

13. Who is Sicily's praetor?
(a) Marcus Glabrio.
(b) Lucius Metellus.
(c) Marcus Caesonius.
(d) Junius.

14. Who helped Cicero fend off attempts by Verres to tarnish him?
(a) The Senate.
(b) The police.
(c) His friends.
(d) The consul.

15. 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' citizenship.
(c) Lucius' life.
(d) Lucius' money.

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. According to Cicero in his eighteenth argument against Verres, what will change during the trial in comparison to the "old mode"?

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

5. Who hates Verres more than the Roman people in the fifteenth argument?

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