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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Philosophical Investigations, Thoughts on the Nature of Things, 46-44 B.C., Chapter 13, Why, This Is Violence!, Plots and Conspiracies, January—March 44 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which political problems were at the source of the crisis for the Roman Empire?
(a) An agricultural crisis and the economy.
(b) The economy and the changing role of the army.
(c) An agricultural crisis and the changing role of the army.
(d) An agricultural crisis only.

2. Which tactic did Caesar use in order to get a land reform bill passed?
(a) He appealed to the People.
(b) He refused to attend meetings unless the bill was passed.
(c) He bribed the Senate.
(d) He made several threats to the Senate.

3. How did Caesar react to Pompey's murder?
(a) He screamed.
(b) He cried.
(c) He wrote a letter.
(d) He kept silent.

4. Why was the defeat of Verres significant?
(a) It made a case for reforming the courts.
(b) The verdict was made in less than an hour.
(c) The verdict was made in less than a day.
(d) It was the first guilty verdict made in the courts.

5. Whose army did Cicero fight with in the War of Allies?
(a) Cnaeus Pompeius Strabo.
(b) Lucius Porcius Cato.
(c) Lucius Julius Caesar.
(d) Gaius Marius.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not included in Chapter 2 as a result of the Wart of Allies?

2. As mentioned in Chapter 8, which problem did Cicero observe in the Roman Constitution?

3. How did Everitt refer to Cicero's decision to leave Rome?

4. Which part of the Forum did Everitt detail at length?

5. What did Cicero think about Caesar's ransacking of the Treasury in Rome?

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