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

2. What is essential between two nations, according to Cicero in "On Duties"?
(a) Respect.
(b) Trade.
(c) Equal power.
(d) Money.

3. Who was Dionysius?
(a) The dictator of Syracuse.
(b) The ruler of Rome.
(c) The dictator of Greece.
(d) The ruler of Asia.

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

5. What is "Discussions at Tusculum" about?
(a) What makes a man happy.
(b) What happiness is.
(c) What makes a good life happy.
(d) What makes a life full of quality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the discussion between, in "Discussions at Tusculum"?

2. What are the series of arguments about in "On Duties"?

3. What did Cicero argue is the cure for misfortune?

4. In "On Duties," what will wise rulers win from their subjects?

5. What does Cicero argue the art of oratory requires?

(see the answer key)

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