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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. What did Cicero propose to the recipient of the first letter?
(a) To vote for him.
(b) To be a senator.
(c) To pay him for counsel.
(d) To be his political ally.

2. According to Cicero in his eighth argument against Verres, what responsibilities fell on Marcus Metellus?
(a) Treason trials.
(b) Petty theft trials.
(c) Extortion trials.
(d) Murder trials.

3. What is at stake if Lucius refuses to identify himself with the cause of Roman freedom, according to the final letter?
(a) Lucius' life.
(b) Lucius' money.
(c) Lucius' position.
(d) Lucius' citizenship.

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

5. According to Cicero in his fourth argument against Verres, what was the name of the consul Verres betrayed?
(a) Octavian.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Cnaeus Carbo.
(d) Mark Antony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom is Cicero blaming for his wife's sorrow in his third letter?

2. What will stop Cicero's fight against wicked men?

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

4. What did Sicily's praetor, speaking as the consul, tell Sicilians about Verres?

5. What caused dissension, according to the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Cicero, what does Verres not use to oppose him?

3. According to Cicero in his second argument, what is the relationship like between Cicero and Verres prior to the trial?

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

5. What does Cicero tell Caesar in the twelfth letter?

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

7. Who is Cicero's contestant in the court in his tenth argument?

8. What concern does Cicero express in his second letter?

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

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

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