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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Cicero trying to persuade Tiro from traveling?
(a) Tiro is a fugitive.
(b) Tiro is sick.
(c) Tiro is old.
(d) War is raging.

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

3. What is Cicero's wife's name, as noted in his third letter?
(a) Aria.
(b) Terentia.
(c) Era.
(d) Diane.

4. Where did Cicero write the fourth letter?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Rome.
(c) Atticus.
(d) Milan.

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

6. What caused dissension, according to the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Lucius' letter.
(b) Lucius' bribes.
(c) Lucius' influence.
(d) Lucius' speech.

7. What defeated Verres' imprudence in selecting the judges to attempt to bribe?
(a) Cicero's bribes.
(b) Cicero's spies.
(c) Cicero's honesty.
(d) Cicero's diligence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What does Cicero promise to the Roman people?
(a) To raise taxes.
(b) To be honorable and fair.
(c) To convict Verres.
(d) To be corrupt.

15. According to the twenty-first letter, what is Cicero's reaction to the speech which he heard?
(a) It was good.
(b) It was bad.
(c) It was inconsistent.
(d) It was short.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the fourteenth letter, Cicero claims that ___________ delivered Atticus' previous letter.

2. Whom does Cicero see in Rome according to the twenty-second letter?

3. With whom does Cicero say Rome could be at war?

4. Which of the god's temples did Verres spare from being raided in Sicily?

5. What are Cicero feelings about Pompey's decision to go against Caesar?

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