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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 virtue does Cicero hope Marcus Glabrio inherited from his father?

2. Marcus Atilius was convicted of ___________.

3. What are the moral standards of Publius Sulpicius, the judge?

4. How much money did Verres embezzled?

5. How long did Cicero spend investigating Verres in Sicily?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Cicero professes himself to be an enemy of what men?

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

4. What happened in Sicily under Verres' rule?

5. What is Cicero writing about in the seventh letter?

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

7. In the twelfth letter, what does Cicero say about the death of Caesar?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cicero addresses Antonius' claim that Antonius caused the Civil War. Analyze how Antonius accelerated the decline of a friendship between Caesar and Pompeius and how it may have resulted in the Civil War. Provide examples from the book to support your statements.

Essay Topic 2

Cicero maintains that it is unnatural to do wrong and argues that it disrupts the body. Analyze this argument and how wrong disrupts society and one's body. Examine whether the wrong disrupts the body. Students should use examples from the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Cicero examines the fallacy of pleasure and maintains that receiving pleasure involves wrongdoing. Cicero maintains that getting pleasure can never be to one's advantage if it is still wrong. Analyze his main argument of the book, that nothing against the right can benefit someone. Students may use the text and secondary sources to support your discussion.

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