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

2. How many months is it before Cicero is asked to return to Rome?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Sixteen.

3. How many men does Caesar have when he returns to free Cicero from the siege of a Gaul uprising?
(a) Nine thousand.
(b) Five thousand.
(c) Three thousand.
(d) Seven thousand.

4. What does Clodius unsuccessfully attempt to do while Cicero is away?
(a) Pass a law banning Cicero from Rome.
(b) Auction off Cicero's property.
(c) Move into Cicero's house.
(d) Find where Cicero is.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cicero serve as a priest before returning to Rome?

2. Whose presence helps Pompey defeat Sertorius?

3. What happens to Clodius while Cicero is away?

4. Where does Pompey face Sertorius?

5. What does Caesar do to the pirates when he eventually captures them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is interesting about how the battle between Pompey and Sertorius ends, and Pompey's decision afterward?

2. What is Cicero's educational background and how does it contribute to the decisions made early in his career?

3. How does the rivalry between Cicero and Clodius begin?

4. What part does Pompey play in the war in Africa, how does he want to be celebrated for it, and why is he given the name, "The Great"?

5. How do the people show their support for Caesar when he enters politics and what does Cato do to try to lessen Caesar's popularity at that time?

6. What is the contrast between Caesar's troops and Pompey's troops, and how does that affect the outcome of their war?

7. How does Caesar die and why has the event become so famous?

8. Why does Cicero leave Rome after he draws the ire of Clodius, and how does he return?

9. Why does Cicero retire from public life, and what do his plans include at this point in his life?

10. How do the differences between Caesar and Pompey lead to Caesar becoming the dictator of Rome, and what does he do with the position?

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