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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the ninth letter?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Tiro.
(c) Cicero's wife.
(d) Cicero.

2. What will Cicero be after Hortensius is consul?
(a) In exile.
(b) Sicily's consul.
(c) A praetor.
(d) An aedile.

3. To whom did Cicero send the third letter?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Verres.
(c) His wife.
(d) Caesar.

4. What happened to Roman citizens under Verres' rule in Sicily?
(a) They were put to death like slaves.
(b) They were forcibly enrolled in the military.
(c) They were rewarded with many riches.
(d) They were sent to Egypt.

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

6. What is the personal connection between Verres and Metellus?
(a) None.
(b) Step brother.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Childhood friend.

7. What does Cicero state cannot happen in a court of law?
(a) Conviction of a wealthy man.
(b) Conviction of a woman.
(c) Conviction of a poor man.
(d) Conviction of an innocent man.

8. Why does Caesar claim to need Cicero?
(a) For Caesar's sake.
(b) For the empire's sake.
(c) For Pompey's sake.
(d) For Cicero's sake.

9. What is Cicero nervous about in his seventh letter?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) The new Triumvirate.
(c) The provincial Governorship appointee.
(d) The war.

10. How much money did Verres embezzled?
(a) 10,000 sesterces.
(b) 400,000,000 sesterces.
(c) 400,000 sesterces.
(d) 300,000 sesterces.

11. What are the moral standards of Publius Sulpicius, the judge?
(a) Unscrupulous.
(b) Corrupted.
(c) Open to bribes.
(d) Solemn and upright.

12. What defeated Verres' imprudence in selecting the judges to attempt to bribe?
(a) Cicero's bribes.
(b) Cicero's spies.
(c) Cicero's honesty.
(d) Cicero's diligence.

13. According to Cicero in his sixth argument against Verres, what did Verres try to do after the consular comitia?
(a) Bribe judges.
(b) Plead guilty.
(c) Choose a new lawyer.
(d) Flee.

14. What did the new consul elect tell Verres when Verres congratulated him for his victory?
(a) "Thank you for your financial support."
(b) "The consul cannot help you."
(c) "You have been acquitted by this day's comitia."
(d) "You need to flee the country immediately."

15. In the fourteenth letter, Cicero claims that ___________ delivered Atticus' previous letter.
(a) Tullia.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Tiro.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Cicero feel about Gaius' chance for victory against his rival?

4. What does Gaius not do according to Cicero in the twenty-third letter?

5. In the seventeenth letter, what is Cicero's opinion of Brutus?

(see the answer keys)

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