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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Ideal Constitution, Writing about Politics, 55-43 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname was Cicero given while studying certain subjects?
(a) The little Greek writer.
(b) The little rhetorician.
(c) The little author.
(d) The little Greek boy.

2. What age was Cicero when he became Praetor in Chapter 4?
(a) Thirty five.
(b) Forty five.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty.

3. What was the book that Caesar dedicated to Cicero about?
(a) Latin Grammar.
(b) Wars.
(c) Politics.
(d) Roman Laws.

4. Based on Cicero's letters around the time of his speech about Caesar in Chapter 7, what was clear about his mood?
(a) He was not excited to be back.
(b) He was not depressed.
(c) He was depressed.
(d) He was excited to be back.

5. What was noteworthy about On Law?
(a) It was Cicero's longest book.
(b) It was never finished.
(c) It was Cicero's only book with an Introduction.
(d) It was Cicero's only book without an Introduction.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was On the State published?

2. When did Pompey and Crassus serve as Consuls?

3. Which one of the following was not included in the list of things that Cicero focused on during the years after his exile?

4. Which subjects did Cicero study extensively as a young man?

5. What impressed Cicero about the potential of becoming an advocate in Chapter 2?

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