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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. Who was Cicero worried about, according to the introduction?
(a) The Greek republic.
(b) The Roman republic.
(c) His mother's health.
(d) His own health.

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

3. Where is the setting of "Discussions at Tusculum"?
(a) Cicero's apartment.
(b) By a river.
(c) Cicero's country villa.
(d) Cicero's friends house.

4. What did Cicero believe was the most divine thing in humans?
(a) Reason.
(b) Love.
(c) Rational.
(d) Compassion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Stoics still think was preferable even if it did not add to happiness?

2. According to the Stoics, what was the faculty that was unique to humans?

3. What is concluded about the achievement of moral goodness, in "Discussions at Tusculum"?

4. What type of interest did the Romans have towards philosophy, according to Grant?

5. How does the argument in "Discussions at Tusculum" begin?

(see the answer key)

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