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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many chests of money were left at "some senator's house"?

2. Who restored the tribunes?

3. According to Cicero in his eighth argument against Verres, what responsibilities fell on Marcus Metellus?

4. According to Cicero in his sixth argument against Verres, what did Verres try to do after the consular comitia?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wrote the eighth letter and to whom was it written?

2. According to Cicero in his ninth argument, who tried to interfere with the trial and how?

3. What are the names of Cicero's wife and children?

4. What is Cicero writing about in the seventh letter?

5. What event does Cicero relate to Atticus in letters ten and eleven?

6. What did Cicero tell Pompey in the first letter of Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence?

7. What did Cicero learn from trustworthy sources concerning his candidacy to aedile, according to his eighth argument?

8. What news does Cicero send Atticus in the sixteenth letter?

9. In the twelfth letter, what does Cicero say about the death of Caesar?

10. In Attack on Misgovernment, Against Verres I, how does Cicero characterize Verres in the first point he makes to the judges?

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