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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Practical Code of Behavior, On Duties, III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cicero say might sometimes be in the advantage of a country?
(a) Electing dishonest officials.
(b) Going to war.
(c) Breaking a treaty.
(d) Signing a treaty.

2. According to Cicero in his eleventh argument against Verres, who is his adversary in the courtroom?
(a) The praetor.
(b) Verres.
(c) Hortensius.
(d) The judges.

3. What should the invisible man do according to Cicero?
(a) Resist temptation.
(b) Exile himself.
(c) Forgive himself.
(d) Continue to enrich himself.

4. In the twentieth letter, Cicero is glad of __________.
(a) Tiro's remission.
(b) His wife's visit.
(c) Caesar's rise to power.
(d) Caesar's death.

5. How long did Cicero spend investigating Verres in Sicily?
(a) 40 days.
(b) 110 days.
(c) 75 days.
(d) 50 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cicero say a man can balance advantages and rightness?

2. Who interprets right as the only good according to Cicero?

3. How many chests of money were left at "some senator's house"?

4. What did Sicily's praetor, speaking as the consul, tell Sicilians about Verres?

5. What happened to Roman citizens under Verres' rule in Sicily?

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