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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cicero's wife's name, as noted in his third letter?

2. How many senators have been condemned by the courts since restoring the tribunes?

3. In the fourteenth letter, Cicero claims that ___________ delivered Atticus' previous letter.

4. To whom did Cicero send the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?

5. In the eighteenth letter, who came to Cicero's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the ninth argument tell us about Cicero's opinion of Marcus Metellus?

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

3. According to Cicero in his second argument, what is the relationship like between Cicero and Verres prior to the trial?

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

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

6. According to Cicero, what does Verres not use to oppose him?

7. Why didn't Verres' plan to bribe the judge succeed?

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

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

10. What does Cicero tell Caesar in the twelfth letter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cicero discusses the Stoic ideal and how important it is to live consistently with nature and moral rightness by doing what nature demands. Analyze what nature demands and how doing right always brings about good. Provide examples from the book to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

In the fourth letter, written to Atticus, Cicero examines the treachery of Roman leadership. He wanted to become part of an alliance, but he resisted because he hated to participate in "deification." Analyze the treachery of Roman leadership and how some leaders, such as Caesar and Pompey, were deified. Provide support from the text to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

Antonius gives a speech to blame Cicero for the problems in Rome, such as Clodius' murder, the Civil War, and Caesar's assassination. Analyze Cicero's responses to the accusations made against him and discuss whether his counter arguments are valid. Give examples from the text to support your discussion.

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