WorksheetsA Corrupt Governor
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the corrupt governor of Sicily?
a)
Verres
b)
Hortensius
c)
Cicero
d)
Crassus
2.
Which specific group did he especially extort money/goods from?
a)
lawyers
b)
farmers
c)
businessmen
d)
slaves
3.
Why were criminals freed from their punishments?
a)
they donated land
b)
all criminals were freed to get more workers
c)
Verres was a really nice guy
d)
they paid money
4.
Which groups in Sicily were killed off by famine?
a)
slaves and freedmen
b)
sailors and soldiers
c)
lawyers and doctors
d)
politicians and lawyers
5.
The Sicilians were denied all of the following EXCEPT
a)
natural rights
b)
Italian monuments
c)
Sicilian laws
d)
Roman decrees
6.
What did Varun draw yesterday?
a)
recycle octopus
b)
transcendental giraffe
c)
garbage coyote
d)
trash moose
7.
How long was Verres governor?
a)
2 years
b)
3 years
c)
5 years
d)
6 years
8.
The decrees of the Roman senate overruled Verres' actions during his time as provincial governor
a)
verum
b)
falsum
9.
The torturing of Roman citizens in trials was compared to the torture of whom?
a)
farmers
b)
Sicilians
c)
slaves
d)
dogs
10.
Gaius Verres spared temples out of his great respect for religion
a)
verum
b)
falsum
11.
Who prosecuted Verres?
a)
Cicero
b)
Hortensius
c)
Caesar
d)
Crassus
12.
All of the following adjectives describe Verres EXCEPT...
a)
very greedy
b)
the most self-indulgent
c)
a bit compassionate
13.
Verres took public statues and decorations from all of the following EXCEPT...
a)
those given by rich kings
b)
those given by Roman generals
c)
those from temples
d)
those from Rome that he placed in Sicily
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