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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Laelius: On Friendship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Stoics, what was the faculty that was unique to humans?
(a) Rational.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Thought.
(d) Reason.

2. What are neutral things considered to be, according to Cicero?
(a) Necessary to happiness.
(b) Preferables.
(c) Indifferents.
(d) Unpreferables.

3. Who did Cicero influence, according to Grant?
(a) The children of the time.
(b) The Renaissance art.
(c) The modern philosphers.
(d) The Italian church.

4. Why is friendship more potent that kinship, according to Laelius ?
(a) Kinship is unnatural.
(b) Kinship does not imply a non-physical bond.
(c) Kinship is forced.
(d) Friendship is natural.

5. What is concluded about the achievement of moral goodness, in "Discussions at Tusculum"?
(a) It is the only way to achieve happiness.
(b) It is necessary.
(c) It is indifferent to happiness.
(d) It is unessecary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Grant say took over power in the Roman Republic during Cicero's writing?

3. What did Cicero believe applied to every human, according to Grant?

4. According to Cicero, how does he view tyrannies?

5. What did Cicero believe the result would be if happiness was only achieved by certain goods?

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