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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. What caused dissension, according to the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Lucius' influence.
(b) Lucius' bribes.
(c) Lucius' letter.
(d) Lucius' speech.

2. Whom is Cicero blaming for his wife's sorrow in his third letter?
(a) His children.
(b) The war.
(c) Himself.
(d) Caesar.

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

4. According to Cicero in his first point in Attack on Misgovernment, Against Verres I, how does Cicero see the court as being?
(a) In good moral standing.
(b) In discredit.
(c) In disarray.
(d) In chaos.

5. According to the twenty-first letter, what is Cicero's reaction to the speech which he heard?
(a) It was inconsistent.
(b) It was good.
(c) It was short.
(d) It was bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the recipient of the fifteenth letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?

2. Who co-wrote the eighth letter with Cicero?

3. According to Cicero in his fourth argument against Verres, what was the name of the consul Verres betrayed?

4. What is Cicero nervous about in his seventh letter?

5. What post does Cicero say he is being offered in his third letter?

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