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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. How many speeches were written in total against Verres?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Seven.

2. Where was Cicero's first speech against Catiline given?
(a) At Cicero's house.
(b) Outside.
(c) At Catiline's house.
(d) In the Senate.

3. For which of the following reasons did Cicero encourage Catiline to go into exile at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) To avoid execution.
(b) To harm Cicero's reputation.
(c) To prolong execution.
(d) To help Catiline's reputation.

4. Which one of the following was assumed to be elected to the consulship and help Verres?
(a) Metellus.
(b) Sisenna.
(c) Nasica.
(d) Hortensius.

5. When was the Second Mithridatic War fought?
(a) 84-82 B.C.
(b) 82-80 B.C.
(c) 83-81 B.C.
(d) 81-79 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Cicero describe the conflict between Rome and Mithridates?

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

3. What did Cicero insist must be destroyed in order to win the war in Chapter 3?

4. After refusing to behead a pirate captain, what did Verres do, according to Cicero?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Cicero end In Verrum II?

4. What points did Cicero make about Verres' treatment of Roman citizens in Sicily?

5. What position did Cicero have when he gave the speeches against Verres, and what situation caused him to write them?

6. What did Verres do with a captured pirate captain that angered the people of Sicily?

7. What was Cicero's assessment of the war with Mithridates in his speech for Pompey?

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

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

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

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