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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 ruler maintain, according to Cicero?
(a) Equality before law.
(b) Order.
(c) Justice.
(d) Balance between powers.

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

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

4. What must the apprentice orator do?
(a) Research.
(b) Practice in front of groups.
(c) Study.
(d) Take voice lessons.

5. What does Crassus argue that Antonius agrees with?
(a) That Cicero lacks techinique in oratory.
(b) That Cicero is the best orator.
(c) That there is no one art for oratory.
(d) That there is no need for oratory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cicero address in his work, "On Duties"?

2. What was oratory a part of in the ancient world, according to "On the Orator"?

3. What did Stoics still think was preferable even if it did not add to happiness?

4. Whom does Cicero note the art of oratory is possessed by?

5. What does Cicero emphasize in the third and fourth principles in "On Duties"?

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