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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the civil war in Chapter 11 end?
(a) Mid-46 B.C.
(b) Mid-45 B.C.
(c) At the end of 47 B.C.
(d) At the end of 48 B.C.

2. When did Cicero return to Rome, greeted by happy crowds?
(a) August 31.
(b) June 20.
(c) August 15.
(d) June 10.

3. What year was Caesar scheduled to return to Rome and become Consul again?
(a) 50 B.C.
(b) 49 B.C.
(c) 48 B.C.
(d) 51 B.C.

4. Where is Cicilia located in present day?
(a) Eastern Turkey.
(b) Southern Turkey.
(c) Northern Turkey.
(d) Western Turkey.

5. How many Roman soldiers died in the civil war?
(a) Ten thousand.
(b) Two hundred and eighty thousand.
(c) One hundred thousand.
(d) Eighty thousand.

6. Which of the following was a main challenge that Cicero struggled with in Cicilia?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Policing.
(c) Inventing new laws.
(d) The economy.

7. Where did Cicero retreat after the death of his daughter?
(a) Palatine.
(b) Tusculum.
(c) Astura.
(d) Argiletum.

8. How much fame and glory did Caesar say that Cicero's writings had earned?
(a) More than expected.
(b) More than people know.
(c) More than any politician.
(d) More than a general marching in triumph.

9. Despite advocating moderation and compromise, which type of conflict surrounded Cicero as he planned to govern Cicilia?
(a) Military.
(b) Political.
(c) Financial.
(d) Personal.

10. Which of Cicero's books were written in dialogue form?
(a) Only On the State.
(b) Neither On the State nor On Law.
(c) Only On Law.
(d) On the State and On Law.

11. Why did Cicero initially begin giving his famous speeches, the Philippics?
(a) To prevent an attack from Antony.
(b) As a way for him to resume his place in the Senate.
(c) To restore order to the Senate.
(d) As a response to Antony's attack.

12. What was On the State written about?
(a) The ideal military and the ideal war.
(b) The ideal constitution and the ideal citizen.
(c) Responses to common legal questions.
(d) Responses to common political questions.

13. Why did Antony begin to lose power to Octavian?
(a) The mutiny of some troops.
(b) A loss of money.
(c) He could not gather any troops.
(d) New laws were ineffective.

14. Where did Cicero lead a campaign while he was governing Cicilia?
(a) Media.
(b) Armenia.
(c) Parthia.
(d) Margiana.

15. As Cicero pointed out in the fifth Philippic, what did the attempts of negotiations fail to recognize about Antony?
(a) Deceptive intentions.
(b) Questionable tactics.
(c) Inexcusable tactics.
(d) Aggresive intentions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Cicero respond to Octavian as Consul and the forming of the Second Triumvirate?

2. Who did Cicero prefer to support in the conflict between Caesar and Pompey?

3. When did Cicero arrive in Rome after his governorship at Cicilia was over?

4. How was On the State received?

5. When was Cicero's third Philippic given?

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