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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician Quiz

Anthony Everitt

This Study Guide consists of approximately 29 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Cicero.

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt

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Chapter 1, Fault Lines, The Empire in Crisis, First Century B.C.

Chapter 2, Always Be the Best, My Boy, The Bravest, From Arpinum to Rome, 106-82 B.C.

Chapter 3, The Forum and the Fray, The Birth of an Orator, 81-77 B.C.

Chapter 4, Politics and Foreign Postings, Cicero Enters the Ring, 77-63 B.C.

Chapter 5, Against Catalina, Campaign and Conspiracy, 63 B.C.

Chapter 6, Pretty-Boy's Revenge, The Good Goddess Affair and the Return of Pompey, 62-58 B.C.

Chapter 7, Exile, The Rise of Caesar, 58-52 B.C.

Chapter 8, The Ideal Constitution, Writing about Politics, 55-43 B.C.

Chapter 9, The Drift to Civil War, 52-50 B.C.

Chapter 10, A Strange Madness, The Battle for the Republic, 50-48 B.C.

Chapter 11, Pacifying Caesar, The Last Gasps of Republican Rome, 48-45 B.C.

Chapter 12, Philosophical Investigations, Thoughts on the Nature of Things, 46-44 B.C., Chapter 13, Why, This Is Violence!, Plots and Conspiracies, January—March 44 B.C.

Chapter 14, The Heir, Enter Octavian, March-December, 44 B.C.

Chapter 15, Cicero's Civil War, Against Marc Antony, January—April, 43 B.C., Chapter 16, Death at the Seaside, The End of the Republic, April—November, 43 B.C., Chapter 17, Postmortems

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

In a deal that was eventually broken by Clodius, what did Cicero agree to do if Clodius did not launch a prosecution? (from Chapter 6, Pretty-Boy's Revenge, The Good Goddess Affair and the Return of Pompey, 62-58 B.C.)

Support Clodius' reforms.

Stop blocking one of Clodius' reforms.

Stop blocking Clodius' reforms.

Support one of Clodius' reforms.

2.

How long did Cicero disappear from public view in Chapter 10? (from Chapter 10, A Strange Madness, The Battle for the Republic, 50-48 B.C.)

One year.

One month.

Two years.

Two months.

3.

As Cicero displayed his pride over thwarting Catalina, what did he not realize? (from Chapter 6, Pretty-Boy's Revenge, The Good Goddess Affair and the Return of Pompey, 62-58 B.C.)

The people wanted him to be Consul for another year.

Pompey viewed him as a threat.

Caesar viewed him as a threat.

He was eligible to be Consul for another year.

4.

At the end of 52 B.C., what depended on the alliance between Caesar and Pompey? (from Chapter 7, Exile, The Rise of Caesar, 58-52 B.C.)

A pending war.

Trade with other cities.

Political stability.

Economic regulations.

5.

When did Nepos prevent Cicero from giving a speech? (from Chapter 6, Pretty-Boy's Revenge, The Good Goddess Affair and the Return of Pompey, 62-58 B.C.)

At the end of his Consulship.

In the months after his Consulship.

At the beginning of his Consulship.

In the middle of his Consulship.

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