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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 danger does Cicero foresee despite preparing his case against Verres so well?
(a) Verres will be acquitted.
(b) Verres will flee.
(c) Verres will be convicted.
(d) Verres will seek revenge.

2. According to Cicero, whose ideal is "to live consistently with nature"?
(a) Jurists.
(b) Stoics.
(c) Senators.
(d) Realists.

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

4. How does Cicero characterize robbery?
(a) Normal.
(b) Unnatural.
(c) Natural.
(d) Human like.

5. In what did Verres put his expectation of safety?
(a) The judges.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) His innocence.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the fifteenth letter, how does Cicero qualify the state of the country?

2. Whom does Verres think ill of in Cicero's third argument against Verres?

3. Who hates Verres more than the Roman people in the fifteenth argument?

4. What should happen to people who steal?

5. What does Cicero say might sometimes be in the advantage of a country?

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