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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, In Catilinam I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since Cicero could not likely speak against anyone else in the senate the way he had spoken of Catiline, whose respect did Catiline lose?
(a) His followers.
(b) The Roman citizens.
(c) The people of other regions.
(d) The senate.

2. What type of speech did Cicero give for Pompey in Chapter 3?
(a) Forensic.
(b) Demonstrative.
(c) Judicial.
(d) Deliberative.

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

4. Which of the following is another reason that Cicero gave the jurors to convict Verres in Chapter 2?
(a) The return of the items that Verres stole.
(b) The return of the money that Verres stole.
(c) The safety of the witnesses against Verres.
(d) The safety of the people Verres had persecuted.

5. Whom did Catiline sit with while listening to Cicero's first speech against him?
(a) A group of senators.
(b) His counsel.
(c) No one.
(d) Another senator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Cicero say that the region Verres governed could be restored to its previous state?

2. What did Cicero urge the Roman people to consider about the war in Chapter 3?

3. Which of the following best describes Pompey's military successes at the time Cicero gave his speech?

4. What did Cicero say he would do if he were in Catiline's position?

5. Besides being a criminal, what was it about Verres that Cicero thought had to be put down?

(see the answer key)

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