Which office could follow Quaestor and before Praetor?

• A. Aedile
• B. Censor
• C. Praetor
• D. Consul

Answer: (A)

The thing this is testing is the order of offices in the Roman cursus honorum, the typical ladder of offices in the Republic. After serving as Quaestor, the next standard step is Aedile, not Praetor or Consul. The Aedile took care of public buildings, games, and markets, and serving in this role gave a politician necessary visibility and experience to handle larger responsibilities. From there, the usual progression continues to Praetor, who had judicial authority and could command armies. The Censor and Consul aren’t fit to sit between Quaestor and Praetor in the standard sequence: the Censor was a later, less regular rung typically after Praetor (and often after Consul in practice), while the Consul comes after Praetor. So the only office that can chronologically follow Quaestor and precede Praetor is Aedile.