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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. According to the introduction, what was Cicero considered to be?
(a) A radical.
(b) A philospher.
(c) A saint.
(d) An individualist who believed in human rights.

2. According to Cicero, what can one NOT be without being intelligent?
(a) Brave.
(b) Honest.
(c) Good.
(d) Just.

3. When was Laelius born in relation to when Cicero wrote "Laelius: On Friendship"?
(a) 3 years after he was born.
(b) 80 years after he was born.
(c) 150 or 140 years prior.
(d) 150 or 140 years later.

4. When did Cicero do his writing, according to the introduction?
(a) During the 60s B.C.
(b) Between the late 60s-40s B.C.
(c) Between the 60s and early 50s A.D.
(d) Between the 60s and early 50s B.C.

5. According to Cicero, what is suggested about losing one's happiness?
(a) That it would be easy to regain.
(b) That it is separate from us.
(c) That it would then be valued more.
(d) That it would then be imperfect.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Laelius, what is friendship in accord with?

3. What do Rufus and Crassus need to become good orators?

4. What does the book reproduced in "On Duties" concern itself with?

5. What are external goods always at risk of, according to Cicero?

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