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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. Whom does Cicero see in Rome according to the twenty-second letter?
(a) Gaius.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Verres.
(d) Brutus.
2. What caused dissension, according to the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Lucius' influence.
(b) Lucius' letter.
(c) Lucius' speech.
(d) Lucius' bribes.
3. To whom did Cicero send the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Lucius Munatius Plancus.
(b) Tiro.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Atticus.
4. In the seventeenth letter, what is Cicero's opinion of Brutus?
(a) He is short.
(b) He is a fool.
(c) He is ignorant.
(d) He is a great man.
5. How does Cicero feel about Gaius' chance for victory against his rival?
(a) He is pessimistic.
(b) He is in denial.
(c) He is optimistic.
(d) He is realistic.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who co-wrote the eighth letter with Cicero?
2. What post does Cicero say he is being offered in his third letter?
3. Who requested that Cicero take the case against Verres?
4. How many children does Cicero say he has in his third letter?
5. In the eighteenth letter, who came to Cicero's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Cicero complain about in the fourth letter?
2. What did Cicero tell Pompey in the first letter of Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence?
3. What happened in Sicily under Verres' rule?
4. How does Cicero's opinion of Brutus change between the sixteenth and twenty-first letter?
5. What does Cicero tell Caesar in the twelfth letter?
6. According to Cicero in his second argument, what is the relationship like between Cicero and Verres prior to the trial?
7. What did Cicero learn from trustworthy sources concerning his candidacy to aedile, according to his eighth argument?
8. In the twelfth letter, what does Cicero say about the death of Caesar?
9. What is Cicero writing about in the seventh letter?
10. According to Cicero, what is the first thing Verres did when he came back from Sicily?
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