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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. In the fifteenth letter, how does Cicero qualify the state of the country?
(a) In revolt.
(b) Good.
(c) In trouble.
(d) In chaos.

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

3. With what are the Roman tribunals branded?
(a) Infamy.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Piety.

4. 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' position.
(c) Lucius' citizenship.
(d) Lucius' money.

5. How does Cicero feel about Gaius' chance for victory against his rival?
(a) He is optimistic.
(b) He is pessimistic.
(c) He is in denial.
(d) He is realistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence, to whom did Cicero write the first letter?

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

3. In what did Verres put his expectation of safety?

4. Why is Cicero trying to persuade Tiro from traveling?

5. How long did Cicero spend investigating Verres in Sicily?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hortensius tell Verres after his election to consul?

2. To whom did Cicero send the last letter of Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence and why?

3. Why didn't Verres' plan to bribe the judge succeed?

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

5. What happened in Sicily under Verres' rule?

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

7. According to Cicero, what is the first thing Verres did when he came back from Sicily?

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

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

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

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