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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: On the Orator.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Cicero known as, according to "On the Orator"?
(a) A good oratory teacher.
(b) A mediocre orator.
(c) A great orator of history.
(d) A sufficient orator.
2. What type of governmental system does Cicero prefer?
(a) Where the ruler gives to his community.
(b) Where no one is taxed.
(c) Where men elect their ruler.
(d) Where the ruler is morally good.
3. What are the contents of the book "On Duties" applicable to?
(a) Tyranny.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Present day crisis.
(d) Friendship.
4. What dictatorships does Cicero oppose in "On Duties"?
(a) Caesar's.
(b) Cassius'.
(c) Brutus's.
(d) Crassus'.
5. What does "On The Orator "concern itself with?
(a) The role of the orator or statesmen.
(b) What makes a person a good orator.
(c) If Cicero is a good orator.
(d) Who is a good orator.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are external goods merely considered to be by Cicero?
2. Who challenges Crassus' views with historical counter-examples?
3. What were the followers of Aristotle called?
4. Who was Dionysius?
5. What must the apprentice orator do?
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