Quiz for Listening to the Past: Cicero and the Plot to Kill Caesar

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Correct: The answer is d. In Cicero’s opinion, by leaving Antony alive, the conspirators created a dangerous adversary.
Incorrect: The answer is d. In Cicero’s opinion, by leaving Antony alive, the conspirators created a dangerous adversary.
1. Why was Cicero angry with Trebonius and his fellow assassins?

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Correct: The answer is c. Cicero believed that the assassination plot was ill-executed and was convinced that, had he been included, things would have gone better.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Cicero believed that the assassination plot was ill-executed and was convinced that, had he been included, things would have gone better.
2. How did Cicero respond to Cassius’s letter asking his advice?

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Correct: The answer is a. Octavian was only eighteen at the time, and Cicero thought him an untested and unreliable person.
Incorrect: The answer is a. Octavian was only eighteen at the time, and Cicero thought him an untested and unreliable person.
3. Why did Cicero hesitate to pledge his allegiance to Octavian?

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Correct: The answer is a. Cicero focused his attention on Antony’s past challenges to senatorial authority.
Incorrect: The answer is a. Cicero focused his attention on Antony’s past challenges to senatorial authority.
4. How did Cicero try to convince the Senate to take Octavian’s side?

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Correct: The answer is a. Shortly after the Third Triumvirate was formed, Cicero was declared an enemy of the state and then killed by one of Antony’s men.
Incorrect: The answer is a. Shortly after the Third Triumvirate was formed, Cicero was declared an enemy of the state and then killed by one of Antony’s men.
5. What evidence do we have that Cicero’s distrust of both Antony and Octavian was well founded?