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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. What post does Cicero say he is being offered in his third letter?

2. Who helped Cicero fend off attempts by Verres to tarnish him?

3. What is at stake if Lucius refuses to identify himself with the cause of Roman freedom, according to the final letter?

4. Who is Sicily's praetor?

5. Who restored the tribunes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Cicero professes himself to be an enemy of what men?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cicero addresses Antonius' claim that Antonius caused the Civil War. Analyze how Antonius accelerated the decline of a friendship between Caesar and Pompeius and how it may have resulted in the Civil War. Provide examples from the book to support your statements.

Essay Topic 2

Cicero attacks Hortensius, Verres' defense lawyer, as part of the strategy. Discuss Cicero's attack on Hortensius and analyze whether or not this attack or action was warranted. Use quotes from the book to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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