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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. According to Cicero, in "On Duties," which of the following will NOT inspire a good ruler's subjects?
(a) Respect of high office.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Goodwill.

2. What were the followers of Aristotle called?
(a) Aristocracy's.
(b) Peripatetics.
(c) Aristotlians.
(d) Aristotle's followers.

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

4. What or whom does Michael Grant, the author of the introduction, introduce?
(a) Roman philosophy.
(b) Greek philosophy.
(c) Himself.
(d) Marcus Tullius Cicero.

5. In what period did Cicero gain great fame?
(a) Just after his death.
(b) The Dark Ages.
(c) 200 years after his death.
(d) The Renaissance.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero, what will breed resentment in a ruler's subjects?

2. Who does Cicero compare Dionysius to?

3. According to the introduction, who did Cicero criticize?

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

5. According to "On Duties," how do people find theft by the state?

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