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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: On Duties.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Dionysius?
(a) The ruler of Asia.
(b) The dictator of Syracuse.
(c) The dictator of Greece.
(d) The ruler of Rome.

3. What dictatorships does Cicero oppose in "On Duties"?
(a) Brutus's.
(b) Crassus'.
(c) Caesar's.
(d) Cassius'.

4. What did Cicero argue is the cure for misfortune?
(a) Frienship.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Love.
(d) Psychology.

5. Who does Cicero compare Dionysius to?
(a) Plato and Plutarch.
(b) Dante and Plato.
(c) Petrach and Archimedes.
(d) Plato and Archimedes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Grant, what did Cicero believe every human had to make them equal?

2. According to "Discussions at Tusculum," what did all Greek schools of philosophy agree on?

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

4. Why is statesmanship destroyed, according to "On Duties"?

5. Which medieval thinker admired Cicero, according to Grant?

(see the answer key)

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