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

2. What did Verres apparently do when the people protested his treatment of the pirate captain?
(a) He threatened them.
(b) He gave them an invented excuse.
(c) He ignored them.
(d) He attempted to bribe them.

3. After refusing to behead a pirate captain, what did Verres do, according to Cicero?
(a) Provided the pirate with food.
(b) Gave the pirate a job.
(c) Gave the pirate money.
(d) Set the pirate free.

4. What office did Cicero have when he made the speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?
(a) Consul.
(b) Censor.
(c) Praetor.
(d) Tribune.

5. 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 senate.
(c) The people of other regions.
(d) The Roman citizens.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the first hearing against Verres take place?

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

3. Where was Cicero's first speech against Catiline given?

4. As Cicero stated in his first speech against Verres, what would a failure to convict cause?

5. Which of the following is another reason that Cicero gave the jurors to convict Verres in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Cicero describe Verres in In Verrem I?

2. How did Verres intend to escape the charges being brought against him?

3. What did Cicero say about Sicily and Verres' actions in Sicily in Chapter 1?

4. Which other pieces of evidence against Verres did Cicero include in Chapter 1?

5. How did Cicero describe the conflict with Mithridates to the Romans in Chapter 3?

6. Why did Cicero think that Pompey had military knowledge and ability?

7. What was the concern about Verres and his connections within the Roman courts?

8. What events led to the Catlinarians given by Cicero?

9. What did Cicero tell the senate, Catiline, and the traitors at the end of In Catilinam I?

10. What advice did Cicero have for Hortensius in his second speech against Verres?

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