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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. Who does Cicero compare Dionysius to?
(a) Plato and Archimedes.
(b) Dante and Plato.
(c) Plato and Plutarch.
(d) Petrach and Archimedes.

2. How does the argument in "Discussions at Tusculum" begin?
(a) With Cicero talking to Brutus.
(b) With Cicero talking to himself.
(c) With his friend asking Cicero a question.
(d) With a description of the river.

3. According to Cicero, what can one NOT be without being intelligent?
(a) Good.
(b) Honest.
(c) Just.
(d) Brave.

4. What did Cicero believe the result would be if happiness was only achieved by certain goods?
(a) That happiness was permanent.
(b) That happiness could only be perfected by possessing imperishable goods.
(c) That unhappiness did not exist.
(d) That happiness was unnecessary.

5. According to the Stoics, what was the faculty that was unique to humans?
(a) Rational.
(b) Reason.
(c) Thought.
(d) Emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rufus and Cotta ask Antonius and Crassus in "On the Orator"?

2. What does Cicero question about virtues in "Discussions at Tusculum"?

3. What are the contents of the book "On Duties" applicable to?

4. Why is statesmanship destroyed, according to "On Duties"?

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

(see the answer key)

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