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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many children does Cicero say he has in his third letter?
(a) No children.
(b) Two children.
(c) One child.
(d) Three children.

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

4. Whose speech does Cicero go and listen to according to the twenty-first letter?
(a) Caesar's.
(b) Tiro's.
(c) Pompey's.
(d) Brutus'.

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

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

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

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

9. With whom does Cicero say Rome could be at war?
(a) Parthians.
(b) Greece.
(c) The goths.
(d) The barbarians.

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

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

12. What does Cicero promise to the Roman people?
(a) To raise taxes.
(b) To convict Verres.
(c) To be honorable and fair.
(d) To be corrupt.

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

14. Who is Sicily's praetor?
(a) Marcus Caesonius.
(b) Lucius Metellus.
(c) Junius.
(d) Marcus Glabrio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Cicero write the second letter?

2. Who was elected consul during the election just prior to the start of the trial?

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

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

5. Who restored the tribunes?

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