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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is at stake if Lucius refuses to identify himself with the cause of Roman freedom, according to the final letter?
(a) Lucius' life.
(b) Lucius' position.
(c) Lucius' money.
(d) Lucius' citizenship.

2. Whom does Verres think ill of in Cicero's third argument against Verres?
(a) Virtuous men.
(b) The Senate.
(c) Thieves.
(d) The judges.

3. Who hates Verres more than the Roman people in the fifteenth argument?
(a) The judges.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Cnaeus Tremellius.
(d) Hortensius.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What danger does Cicero foresee despite preparing his case against Verres so well?

2. According to the twenty-first letter, what is Cicero's reaction to the speech which he heard?

3. Who requested that Cicero take the case against Verres?

4. How many men came to Cicero's house according to the eighteenth letter?

5. Where did Cicero write the fourth letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cicero's opinion of Brutus change between the sixteenth and twenty-first letter?

2. To whom did Cicero send the last letter of Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence and why?

3. What did Hortensius tell Verres after his election to consul?

4. According to Cicero, what is the first thing Verres did when he came back from Sicily?

5. What did Cicero tell Pompey in the first letter of Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence?

6. Who is Cicero's contestant in the court in his tenth argument?

7. According to Cicero in his ninth argument, who tried to interfere with the trial and how?

8. Who wrote the eighth letter and to whom was it written?

9. What does Cicero complain about in the fourth letter?

10. What did Cicero learn from trustworthy sources concerning his candidacy to aedile, according to his eighth argument?

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