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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Always Be the Best, My Boy, The Bravest, From Arpinum to Rome, 106-82 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impressed Cicero about the potential of becoming an advocate in Chapter 2?
(a) The money a public speaker could make.
(b) The impact an advocate could have in the courtroom.
(c) The audience's reaction to an advocate.
(d) The fame and power of an effective public speaker on the world.

2. What were the Quaestors mainly responsible for?
(a) Enforcing the laws.
(b) Informing the public.
(c) Overseeing elections.
(d) Administration.

3. Which of the following was not included in Chapter 2 as a result of the Wart of Allies?
(a) The shock of the stability of the Republic.
(b) The Romans moved to other areas.
(c) Cultural divisions diminished.
(d) Italy became united.

4. Which subjects did Cicero study extensively as a young man?
(a) Literature, astronomy, and philosophy.
(b) Literature, philosophy, and rhetoric.
(c) Literature, rhetoric, and astronomy.
(d) Literature, philosophy, astronomy, and rhetoric.

5. What was Cicero's birthday?
(a) January 23.
(b) January 3.
(c) February 23.
(d) February 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Quaestors were in the Roman government?

2. What did Cicero learn about from Diodotus?

3. Who elected the Consuls in the Roman government?

4. Which political problems were at the source of the crisis for the Roman Empire?

5. How was the Roman Constitution developed?

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