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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Cato the Elder on Old Age, On Old Age.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the fourteenth letter, Cicero claims that ___________ delivered Atticus' previous letter.
(a) Tullia.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Tiro.
(d) Pompey.

2. What is at stake if Lucius refuses to identify himself with the cause of Roman freedom, according to the final letter?
(a) Lucius' money.
(b) Lucius' citizenship.
(c) Lucius' position.
(d) Lucius' life.

3. What was Publius Clodius' main quality?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Reliable.
(c) Hysterical.
(d) Impatient.

4. What part of society does Cicero analyze in section seven?
(a) Commerce.
(b) The law.
(c) Social life.
(d) The individual.

5. How should an elderly man live his life according to Cato?
(a) With love and alcohol.
(b) With fear and regret.
(c) With decency and enlightenment.
(d) Lavishly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sicily's praetor?

2. What do old people not want to be tickled by according to Cato?

3. What does Cicero promise to the Roman people?

4. What does Cicero consider and debate in section nine?

5. According to Cicero in his eighteenth argument against Verres, what will change during the trial in comparison to the "old mode"?

(see the answer key)

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