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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cicero state cannot happen in a court of law?
(a) Conviction of a poor man.
(b) Conviction of a wealthy man.
(c) Conviction of an innocent man.
(d) Conviction of a woman.

2. Who restored the tribunes?
(a) Cnaeus Pompeius.
(b) Quintus Catulus.
(c) Marcus Atilius.
(d) Cnaeus Tremellius.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In the fourteenth letter, Cicero claims that ___________ delivered Atticus' previous letter.
(a) Tiro.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Tullia.

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

11. According to Cicero in his eleventh argument against Verres, who is his adversary in the courtroom?
(a) Hortensius.
(b) The praetor.
(c) Verres.
(d) The judges.

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

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

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

15. What consul, in particular, is Cicero happy with according to the twenty-third letter?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Lucius plancus.
(d) Octavian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money did Verres embezzled?

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

4. Who was elected consul during the election just prior to the start of the trial?

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

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