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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. What was Cicero describing when he referred to Servilius?
(a) A prison for falsely accused citizens.
(b) Victims of unsubstantiated crimes.
(c) Citizens that had property stolen from them.
(d) Citizens that had money stolen from them.

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

3. What did Cicero insist must be destroyed in order to win the war in Chapter 3?
(a) The threat of defeat.
(b) The cost of surrender.
(c) The price of resignation.
(d) The possibility of disgrace.

4. How many galleys did Heracleo sail around the coast to taunt the people?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Catiline not already retreated into exile when Cicero gave his speech?

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

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

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

5. What was the goal of the coup that Catiline attempted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons were given for why Cicero could not arrest or execute Catiline at the time he gave In Catilinam I?

2. How did Cicero respond to the accusation that Catiline should have already been executed in Chapter 4?

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

4. As Cicero explained in his speech, what was at stake in the war against Mithridates?

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

6. How did Cicero attack Hortensius at the end of In Verrum I?

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

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

9. How was the building of a trireme in Messana misreported by Verres?

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

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