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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the young Caesar eventually take on as his colleague?
(a) Cicero's grandson.
(b) Cicero's best friend.
(c) Cicero's protégé.
(d) Cicero's son.

2. What plan of Catiline's does Cicero stop?
(a) A plan to stop the election.
(b) A plan to prevent Pompey from returning.
(c) A plan to stop Cicero from being the praetor.
(d) A plan to keep Sulla in control.

3. How is Pompey perceived throughout much of his life?
(a) As a vengeful man.
(b) As a fearful man.
(c) As a greedy man.
(d) As a generous man.

4. Whom does Clodius ask for help when he is planning his attack on Cicero?
(a) Catiline.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Metellus.
(d) Pompey.

5. How many people join Cicero's appeal to the city when he is called upon to defend the death penalty imposed on Catiline's men?
(a) About five thousand.
(b) About twenty thousand.
(c) About ten thousand.
(d) About thirty thousand.

6. Where is Pompey living before joining Sulla's military effort?
(a) Umbria.
(b) Picenum.
(c) Gallicus.
(d) Cortona.

7. Who gives Pompey the nickname, "The Great"?
(a) Marius.
(b) Cinna.
(c) Sulla.
(d) Caesar.

8. What happens to Clodius while Cicero is away?
(a) He is exiled.
(b) He is killed.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He is prosecuted.

9. What does Cinna's disappearance lead some to believe?
(a) That Cinna is plotting an attack on Pompey.
(b) That Cinna fled in fear of Pompey.
(c) That Cinna has joined forces with Pompey.
(d) That Pompey killed Cinna.

10. What does Cato do to diminish the effects of Caesar's growing popularity?
(a) He increases the people's wages.
(b) He offers the people additional grain.
(c) He increases the amount of livestock the people have.
(d) He offers the people additional corn.

11. What does Caesar do when he is captured by Sulla's men?
(a) He kills one of them and is released.
(b) He tricks them into thinking Sulla has ordered his release.
(c) He uses bribery to free himself.
(d) He escapes when they are not looking.

12. When does Cicero return to Rome?
(a) On the eve of the civil war.
(b) On the day after the civil war.
(c) Two days before the civil war.
(d) Two days after the civil war.

13. What is it about Stratonice that capture's Pompey's attention?
(a) Her singing voice.
(b) Her harp playing.
(c) Her shyness.
(d) Her sense of humor.

14. What happens when young Caesar arrives in Rome?
(a) Cicero initially befriends him.
(b) Cicero initially plans to move from Rome to avoid him.
(c) Cicero initially tries to stop his plans for power.
(d) Cicero initially ignores him.

15. What do the people fear when the senate session lasts longer than normal?
(a) That Caesar has been killed.
(b) That Caesar has been held.
(c) That Caesar has been exiled.
(d) That Caesar has been replaced.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose presence helps Pompey defeat Sertorius?

2. What happens to Catiline after Cicero uncovers his plans?

3. Why does Caesar divorce his second wife?

4. What reason does Considius give for his general lack of fear?

5. What does Caesar do that many disagree with after his aunt, Julia, dies?

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