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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. Which of the following are not needed to obtain moral goodness, according to Cicero in "On Duties"?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Justice.
(d) Temperance.

2. Who challenges Crassus' views with historical counter-examples?
(a) Dante.
(b) Antonius.
(c) Scaevola.
(d) Cicero.

3. What does the book reproduced in "On Duties" concern itself with?
(a) Theory of civic virtue.
(b) Theory of friendship.
(c) Theory of happiness.
(d) Theory of civic dispute.

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

5. What does happiness necessarily require, according to Cicero?
(a) Singing.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Tranquility.
(d) Smiles.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. According to "On Duties," how do people find theft by the state?

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

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