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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 is Cicero known as, according to "On the Orator"?
(a) A great orator of history.
(b) A sufficient orator.
(c) A mediocre orator.
(d) A good oratory teacher.

2. What group believed happiness is the enjoyment of pleasure and the avoidance of pain?
(a) Epicureans.
(b) French.
(c) Roman's.
(d) Greek's.

3. What does Cicero argue the art of oratory requires?
(a) Speaking well and knowing its subjects.
(b) Knowing its audience.
(c) Knowing its people.
(d) Being condifdent.

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

5. According to Cicero, how was the Stoics view counter-intuitive?
(a) It contradicts Cicero's opinions.
(b) It denounces material importance.
(c) It denounces relationship importance.
(d) This view suggests one can be happy with no external or bodily goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero, what will breed resentment in a ruler's subjects?

2. What are external goods merely considered to be by Cicero?

3. In "Discussions at Tusculum," what do the Stoics argue is necessary to be happy?

4. What did an ancient ethical view believe was necessary for happiness?

5. How many virtues does Cicero argue moral goodness is comprised of?

(see the answer key)

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