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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Whom does Cicero see in Rome according to the twenty-second letter?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Verres.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Gaius.

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

10. According to Cicero in his first point in Attack on Misgovernment, Against Verres I, how does Cicero see the court as being?
(a) In good moral standing.
(b) In discredit.
(c) In chaos.
(d) In disarray.

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

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

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

14. 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.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marcus Atilius was convicted of ___________.

2. In the twentieth letter, Cicero is glad of __________.

3. What consul, in particular, is Cicero happy with according to the twenty-third letter?

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

5. In the eighteenth letter, who came to Cicero's house?

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