Letter 17 (pg 88)

Question 1

from

Answer 1

Cicero

Question 2

to

Answer 2

Atticus

Question 3

date

Answer 3

7 or 8 August 45Bc

Question 4

major events before letter

Answer 4

Caesar installed as absolute ruler
Brutus was speaking in favour of Caesar
Caesar returned to Rome to celebrate a triumph (over many Romans)

Question 5

Cicero’s disspointment in familly before letter

Answer 5

his brother’s son Quintus unsuccessfully denounced his father to the dictator. Cicero calls it “the greatest sorrow of my life”

Question 6

Brutus is of such a high social class joining Caesar is proposterous

Answer 6

how foolish

Question 7

Brutus claims Caesar has joined the optimates

Answer 7

Caesar is converted to the good party

Question 8

Cicero reacts badly to Brutus’s comment on Caesar

Answer 8

Splendid news. But where is he going to find them? Unless he hangs himself

Question 9

Briefly mentions his distaste about Quintus

Answer 9

“I was beggining to be afraid that Quintus was liked even by Brutus”

“unwilling to receive Quintus here”

Question 10

Tone of letter

Answer 10

often sarcastic, conveys anger and contempt

Question 11

Cicero is in a studious moment

Answer 11

“glued to my books”