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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, In Catilinam II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which hearing was Verres convicted at after he failed to appear?
(a) The first.
(b) The fourth.
(c) The second.
(d) The third.

2. What did Cicero cite as an example to support his theory that executing Catiline would have hurt the unity of the country?
(a) A poll of the Roman citizens.
(b) A past assassination case.
(c) A specific law.
(d) A previous court judgment.

3. Besides being a criminal, what was it about Verres that Cicero thought had to be put down?
(a) His arrogance.
(b) His rudeness.
(c) His audacity.
(d) His hypocrisy.

4. Why did Cicero think that Verres committed crimes against the citizens of Rome?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Amusement.
(c) Greed.
(d) Cicero did not say.

5. How soon after Catiline left the senate chamber did Cicero give In Catilinam II?
(a) The next day.
(b) The next week.
(c) Two days later.
(d) Three days later.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many speeches did Cicero give against Verres at the hearings?

2. When did Mithridates acquire the territories he controlled during the time of Cicero's speech in Chapter 3?

3. What office did Cicero have when he made the speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?

4. How did Verres make it appear as though he was saving the people in his region from slave revolts?

5. What was Cicero describing when he referred to Servilius?

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