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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. According to Cicero, toward whom is his work targeted?
(a) Cicero's supporters.
(b) Those who can't see that goodness and rightness are synonymous.
(c) The Senate.
(d) Antony's supporters.

2. What examples does Cicero use to illustrate hard moral cases?
(a) Good men stealing from good men.
(b) Bad men stealing from good men.
(c) Good men stealing from bad or useless men.
(d) Bad men stealing from useless men.

3. According to Cicero, who is the best tragic poet?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Quintus Ennius.
(c) Marcus Pacuvius.
(d) Homer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cicero argue about those who think that doing wrong is to their advantage?

2. In what spirit does Antony take a step to attack Cicero verbally?

3. How does Cicero qualify the people endowed with perfect wisdom?

4. What would make it right for an honest man to steal from a tyrant to save his life according to Cicero?

5. Who discovered that Ulysses was faking madness?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, what excuse does Antonius use to justify his attack on Cicero?

2. Who was left in charge of Rome during Caesar's absence, and how did that person fair?

3. What does Antonius blame on Cicero in an effort to discredit him?

4. What does Cicero say about Antonius' character?

5. To some in section eight of A Practical Code of Behavior, how is it possible to excuse wrongdoing?

6. What is the second type of goodness for the Stoics?

7. What are Antonius' arguments against Cicero, according to Cicero?

8. What does Cicero think a man's aim should always be?

9. According to Cicero in section five of A Practical Code of Behavior, what should the invisible man do?

10. At the end of Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, what does Cicero say he wants for himself and Rome?

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