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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, De imperio Cn. Pompei ('On the Command of Gnaeus Pompeius').

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Verres make it appear as though he was saving the people in his region from slave revolts?
(a) Paying witnesses to fabricate stories.
(b) Falsely reporting revolts that never took place.
(c) Staging fake revolts.
(d) Unreported revolts.

2. When did Verres serve as governor?
(a) 71-69 B.C.
(b) 74-72 B.C.
(c) 70-68 B.C.
(d) 73-71 B.C.

3. When did the first hearing against Verres take place?
(a) August 7-14.
(b) June 2-10.
(c) June 4-11.
(d) August 5-13.

4. Mithridates, the enemy of Rome, was from ______________.
(a) Pontus.
(b) Parthia.
(c) Macedonia.
(d) Bithynia.

5. What was Verres' defense strategy?
(a) To delay the trial.
(b) To prove his innocence.
(c) To slander Cicero.
(d) To eliminate the witnesses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Cicero think that Verres committed crimes against the citizens of Rome?

2. How did the people respond to the verdicts of the corrupt trials that Verres ran?

3. Based on what Cicero said in his speech, how did many people feel about the possibility that Verres could use bribery to cause an acquittal?

4. After making his initial point against Verres, what type of attacks did Cicero launch against Verres' actions and character in Chapter 1?

5. How did Cicero intend for Rome to fight the second war in his speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?

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