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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. Out of the many blows that were used in the attack on Caesar, how many were fatal?
(a) A lot.
(b) Several.
(c) A few.
(d) One.

2. When did the conspiracies against Caesar begin?
(a) One year after the Ides of March.
(b) Eight months after the Ides of March.
(c) Four months after the Ides of March.
(d) One month after the Ides of March.

3. How did Cicero respond to Cesar's request for help in Chapter 10?
(a) He only agreed to certain aspects of it.
(b) He ignored it.
(c) He countered with another offer.
(d) He resisted.

4. What did Cicero defend in his book about oratory in Chapter 8?
(a) The origins of rhetoric.
(b) The reasons of rhetoric.
(c) The practice of rhetoric.
(d) The future of rhetoric.

5. When did Cicero arrive in Rome after his governorship at Cicilia was over?
(a) 51 B.C.
(b) 52 B.C.
(c) 48 B.C.
(d) 49 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did people agree that Cicero died?

2. Which of the following was a main challenge that Cicero struggled with in Cicilia?

3. Why did Antony begin to lose power to Octavian?

4. How did the opposition to Caesar act when Pompey abandoned Rome?

5. How many people were involved in the conspiracy to kill Caesar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Cicero's opinion about the battle between Caesar and Pompey in Chapter 10?

2. What unwavering qualities are the most remembered about Cicero?

3. How was Cicero killed?

4. How was Caesar assassinated?

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

6. Why was Cicero's book, On Law, significant?

7. Why did Cicero disappear from public view for a year in Chapter 10?

8. How did Cicero begin his writing in 55 B.C.?

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

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

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