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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Practical Code of Behavior, On Duties, III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cicero argues that ___________ is unnatural.
(a) Lying.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Doing wrong.
(d) Doing right.

2. What is Scipio's son's name?
(a) Antony.
(b) Marcus.
(c) Julius.
(d) Clius.

3. In the first section of A Practical Code of Behavior, whom does Cicero praise?
(a) Antony.
(b) Curio.
(c) Verres.
(d) Scipio.

4. To whom did Cicero write the second letter?
(a) Verres.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Atticus.
(d) His wife.

5. What will the law always imperfectly mirror according to Cicero?
(a) The human condition.
(b) Greed.
(c) Dishonesty.
(d) Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cicero propose to the recipient of the first letter?

2. Who is the recipient of the fifteenth letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?

3. Which of Antony's accusations does Cicero find the most serious?

4. What does Cicero think cannot be done by Antony?

5. What post does Cicero say he is being offered in his third letter?

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