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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What deep question does Laelius struggle with?
(a) Whether the need for friendship is a deficiency.
(b) Who his best friend is.
(c) What friendship really is.
(d) What his deficiency is.

2. What does the dream of "The Dream of Scipio" illustrate?
(a) Authentic relationships.
(b) Selective immortality.
(c) Mortality.
(d) Magic.

3. Who challenges Crassus' views with historical counter-examples?
(a) Cicero.
(b) Scaevola.
(c) Dante.
(d) Antonius.

4. According to Laelius, what two things should be avoided in friendship?
(a) Insult and pretense.
(b) Condemnation and pretense.
(c) Hypocrisy and pretense.
(d) Hypocrisy and insult.

5. What does Cicero aim to determine in "On the Orator"?
(a) What makes a man a good orator.
(b) What kind of man the orator must be to rule the Roman Empire.
(c) What kind of man the orator must be to rule the Greek Empire.
(d) Who is better at oratory than he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Scipio greet in his dream?

2. What does Africanus tell Scipio about Earth?

3. What type of writing style is "Laelius: On Friendship" written in?

4. What does Africanus encourage Scipio to learn in his dream?

5. Who does Laelius speak with about his friendship with Scipio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Africanus tell Scipio about his future?

2. Describe how the orator is powerful in battle, as described in "On the Orator."

3. Describe what "Laelius: On Friendship" discusses and who the speakers are.

4. What does Africanus encourage Scipio to do at the end of his dream?

5. Why is Crassus disappointed in Antonius at the end of "On the Orator"?

6. Describe when the dialogue of "On the Orator" took place and the importance of the work.

7. What was Laelius's attitude towards friendship?

8. What does "On the Orator" discuss?

9. Describe what the orator must do when giving a speech.

10. According to "Laelius: On Friendship," what makes the best friendship?

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