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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who requested that Cicero take the case against Verres?
(a) Verres.
(b) The Sicilians.
(c) The consul.
(d) The praetor

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

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

4. Where does Caesar invite Cicero in the thirteenth letter?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Milan.
(c) Canosa.
(d) Rome.

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

6. What caused dissension, according to the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Lucius' letter.
(b) Lucius' speech.
(c) Lucius' influence.
(d) Lucius' bribes.

7. How many senators have been condemned by the courts since restoring the tribunes?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

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

9. According to Cicero in his eighth argument against Verres, what responsibilities fell on Marcus Metellus?
(a) Petty theft trials.
(b) Extortion trials.
(c) Murder trials.
(d) Treason trials.

10. Which of the god's temples did Verres spare from being raided in Sicily?
(a) Apollo.
(b) None.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Diana.

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

12. What will stop Cicero's fight against wicked men?
(a) A large amount of money.
(b) His wedding.
(c) His death.
(d) His retirement.

13. What virtue does Cicero hope Marcus Glabrio inherited from his father?
(a) Physical strength.
(b) Resisting audacious men.
(c) Financial planning.
(d) Staying sober.

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

15. Who restored the tribunes?
(a) Marcus Atilius.
(b) Cnaeus Tremellius.
(c) Quintus Catulus.
(d) Cnaeus Pompeius.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero in his first point in Attack on Misgovernment, Against Verres I, how does Cicero see the court as being?

2. What is at stake if Lucius refuses to identify himself with the cause of Roman freedom, according to the final letter?

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

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

5. What qualifies Quintus Catulus, according to Cicero?

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