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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Discussions at Tusculum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the argument in "Discussions at Tusculum" begin?
(a) With his friend asking Cicero a question.
(b) With Cicero talking to himself.
(c) With Cicero talking to Brutus.
(d) With a description of the river.

2. Who was Cicero worried about, according to the introduction?
(a) The Roman republic.
(b) His mother's health.
(c) His own health.
(d) The Greek republic.

3. What did Cicero believe applied to every human, according to Grant?
(a) The natural law.
(b) The ration to love others.
(c) The golden rule.
(d) Ability to forgive.

4. What group believed happiness is the enjoyment of pleasure and the avoidance of pain?
(a) Roman's.
(b) Epicureans.
(c) Greek's.
(d) French.

5. In "Discussions at Tusculum," what do the Stoics argue is necessary to be happy?
(a) To be morally good.
(b) To be rich.
(c) To be young.
(d) To be old.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cicero describe what philosophy's method does in "Discussions at Tusculum"?

2. What did an ancient ethical view believe was necessary for happiness?

3. In what period did Cicero gain great fame?

4. What was the result of Cicero's desire to capture others thought in his writing's?

5. Where is the setting of "Discussions at Tusculum"?

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