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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. In the eighteenth letter, who came to Cicero's house?
(a) Tiro.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Atticus.

2. Who helped Cicero fend off attempts by Verres to tarnish him?
(a) The consul.
(b) His friends.
(c) The Senate.
(d) The police.

3. Where does Caesar invite Cicero in the thirteenth letter?
(a) Rome.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Canosa.
(d) Milan.

4. What is Cicero's wife's name, as noted in his third letter?
(a) Aria.
(b) Era.
(c) Diane.
(d) Terentia.

5. In the seventeenth letter, what is Cicero's opinion of Brutus?
(a) He is a great man.
(b) He is short.
(c) He is a fool.
(d) He is ignorant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what did Verres put his expectation of safety?

2. What does Cicero promise to the Roman people?

3. In Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence, to whom did Cicero write the first letter?

4. Where was Cicero going when he wrote the second letter?

5. What did Cicero propose to the recipient of the first letter?

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