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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: On the Orator.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does "On The Orator "concern itself with?
(a) The role of the orator or statesmen.
(b) If Cicero is a good orator.
(c) What makes a person a good orator.
(d) Who is a good orator.

3. Who hosts the other men involved in the dialogue of "On the Orator"?
(a) Crassus.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Dante.

4. What does oratory require beside good speech, according to "On the Orator"?
(a) Knowledge of many subjects.
(b) Motivated thought.
(c) A desire to move others through words.
(d) General idea of other topics.

5. What must the orator master?
(a) Thought.
(b) The entire sphere of philosophy.
(c) Art.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is essential between two nations, according to Cicero in "On Duties"?

2. What does happiness necessarily require, according to Cicero?

3. What does Crassus argue that Antonius agrees with?

4. What prevented a person from being happy, according to Cicero?

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

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