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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Cicero's reputation when he began writing about politics?
(a) He had a reputation for writing and speaking just enough.
(b) He was equally famous for his oratory, writings and political terms.
(c) He was more famous for his oratory and had a reputation for writing too much.
(d) He was more famous for his writings and had a reputation for speaking too much.

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

3. What was the crowd's response to Brutus' claim that Caesar had to be assassinated at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) They were sympathetic.
(b) They were angry.
(c) They ignored it.
(d) They refused to accept it.

4. Although trying to remain neutral, what did Cicero fear would happen no matter who gained control in Chapter 10?
(a) The people would be upset.
(b) The people would be resentful.
(c) The Constitution would be destroyed.
(d) The Constitution would be ignored.

5. Which help did Caesar ask Cicero for in Chapter 10?
(a) To lead the military.
(b) To raise money.
(c) To be a propaganda agent.
(d) To develop better laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Caesar react to Pompey's murder?

2. When did Cicero divorce Terentia?

3. As Cicero pointed out in the fifth Philippic, what did the attempts of negotiations fail to recognize about Antony?

4. Which invaluable service did Cicero do while writing philosophy?

5. Out of the many blows that were used in the attack on Caesar, how many were fatal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Caesar planning in the beginning of Chapter 9?

2. Where was Cicero in Chapter 11, and how did he return to Rome?

3. When was On the State published and what was it about?

4. How did Pompey ask for Cicero's help against Caesar in Chapter 10?

5. What were the Philippics?

6. What happened to cause a Second Triumvirate and the end of the Republic?

7. What did the conspirators against Caesar do as a way to diminish his reputation?

8. How was Cicero killed?

9. How was Cicero victorious over Antony?

10. What did Cicero write about in the beginning of Chapter 12 and why?

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