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

2. How does Cicero describe what philosophy's method does in "Discussions at Tusculum"?
(a) Freedom from one's pain and suffering.
(b) A release.
(c) Intense and though provoking.
(d) Challenging to its thinker.

3. What prevented a person from being happy, according to Cicero?
(a) Not being morally good.
(b) Not having friends.
(c) Not having a house.
(d) Not having money.

4. What do the younger men ask Crassus to tell them in "On the Orator"?
(a) If they could be good orators.
(b) The nature of art.
(c) The nature of oratory.
(d) How he became a polished orator.

5. What do Rufus and Cotta ask Antonius and Crassus in "On the Orator"?
(a) Could they be great orators?
(b) Who is the best orator?
(c) Should they attempt to be orators?
(d) Will they give an oratory?

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero, what will inspire hatred in a ruler's subjects?

2. What is the purpose of the book "On Duties"?

3. Who hosts the other men involved in the dialogue of "On the Orator"?

4. What do great orators possess according to "On the Orator"?

5. What are the third and fourth principles concerned with, in "On Duties"?

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