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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Discussions at Tusculum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the introduction, what is Cicero NOT?
(a) Eager.
(b) Spirtual.
(c) Dogmatic.
(d) Trustworthy.

2. What or whom does Michael Grant, the author of the introduction, introduce?
(a) Roman philosophy.
(b) Marcus Tullius Cicero.
(c) Himself.
(d) Greek philosophy.

3. Who does Grant say took over power in the Roman Republic during Cicero's writing?
(a) Cassius.
(b) Julius.
(c) Crassus.
(d) Caesar.

4. According to the introduction, who did Cicero criticize?
(a) Romans.
(b) Romans that were too "hellenized."
(c) Greeks.
(d) The church.

5. What was the result of Cicero's desire to capture others thought in his writing's?
(a) He was thoughtless.
(b) He was unthoughtful.
(c) He was unoriginal.
(d) He was too thoughful.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Grant, what did Cicero believe every human had to make them equal?

2. What were the followers of Aristotle called?

3. According to the introduction, what did Cicero take refuge in after a divorce, fights with friends, and his daughter's death?

4. What did an ancient ethical view believe was necessary for happiness?

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

(see the answer key)

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