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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Cicero see in Rome according to the twenty-second letter?

2. What does Verres do with the money embezzled during his third year as Sicilian praetor?

3. According to Cicero in his fourth argument, what position did Verres occupy when he embezzled public money and abandoned his province?

4. Why does Caesar claim to need Cicero?

5. Who co-wrote the eighth letter with Cicero?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cicero's opinion of Brutus change between the sixteenth and twenty-first letter?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the ninth argument tell us about Cicero's opinion of Marcus Metellus?

8. What does Cicero complain about in the fourth letter?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cato consoles the elderly for losing strength in old age. Cato admits that he lost strength, but he has retained some. He emphasizes how one should continue to engage in activities in order to gather strength. Analyze how one might gather strength from another and give examples to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Cicero opposes and criticizes Marcus Antonius who shared his power with Octavian. Six months after Caesar's assassination, Cicero addresses the political instability that resulted. Analyze Cicero's discussion of political instability that resulted from Caesar's rule. Use examples to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Cicero maintains that it is unnatural to do wrong and argues that it disrupts the body. Analyze this argument and how wrong disrupts society and one's body. Examine whether the wrong disrupts the body. Students should use examples from the text to support your discussion.

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