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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) Science.
(b) The entire sphere of philosophy.
(c) Art.
(d) Thought.

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

3. What did Stoics still think was preferable even if it did not add to happiness?
(a) Virtues.
(b) Relationships.
(c) External achievement.
(d) Love.

4. According to Cicero, in "On Duties," what does he feel is more effective in inspiring confidence?
(a) Love.
(b) Praise.
(c) Goodwill.
(d) Justice.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are external goods always at risk of, according to Cicero?

3. What does Cicero hope to save through writing, "On the Orator"?

4. What does Crassus compare oratory to?

5. Why are great orators hard to find, according to Cicero in "On the Orator"?

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