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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. Who was elected consul during the election just prior to the start of the trial?
(a) Verres' friend, Caetus.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Verres' lawyer, Hortensius.

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

3. With what are the Roman tribunals branded?
(a) Piety.
(b) Infamy.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Hatred.

4. What is the main topic of the sixteenth letter?
(a) Cicero's daughter's election.
(b) Cicero's daughter's wedding.
(c) Cicero's daughter's birth.
(d) Cicero's daughter's death.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Cicero in his eighth argument against Verres, what responsibilities fell on Marcus Metellus?

3. How many senators have been condemned by the courts since restoring the tribunes?

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

5. What will stop Cicero's fight against wicked men?

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