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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 does Cicero hope to save through writing, "On the Orator"?
(a) His country from decay.
(b) Himself.
(c) The talent of others.
(d) His own talent.

2. What do great orators possess according to "On the Orator"?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Desrie.
(c) An innate gift.
(d) Talent.

3. What are external 'bads' considered to be, according to Cicero?
(a) Preferables.
(b) Indifferents.
(c) Unpreferables.
(d) Necessary to happiness.

4. What are external goods merely considered to be by Cicero?
(a) Necessary to happiness.
(b) Unpreferables.
(c) Preferables.
(d) Indifferents.

5. According to "On Duties," how do people find theft by the state?
(a) Outrageous.
(b) Unjust.
(c) Absurd.
(d) Necessary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of governmental system does Cicero prefer?

2. What group believed happiness is the enjoyment of pleasure and the avoidance of pain?

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

4. According to Cicero, how was the Stoics view counter-intuitive?

5. What did Cicero believe the result would be if happiness was only achieved by certain goods?

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