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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Cicero write the fourth letter?
(a) Milan.
(b) Atticus.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Rome.

2. Who is the recipient of the fifteenth letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Tullia.
(b) Marcus Terentius Varro.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Verres.

3. What is Cicero nervous about in his seventh letter?
(a) The provincial Governorship appointee.
(b) The new Triumvirate.
(c) The war.
(d) Julius Caesar.

4. Who hates Verres more than the Roman people in the fifteenth argument?
(a) Cicero.
(b) Cnaeus Tremellius.
(c) The judges.
(d) Hortensius.

5. Why does Caesar claim to need Cicero?
(a) For Cicero's sake.
(b) For the empire's sake.
(c) For Caesar's sake.
(d) For Pompey's sake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the personal connection between Verres and Metellus?

2. Who requested that Cicero take the case against Verres?

3. What is Cicero expressing concern for in his third letter?

4. What does Cicero state cannot happen in a court of law?

5. What will Cicero be after Hortensius is consul?

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