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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 do Rufus and Crassus need to become good orators?
(a) To study under each of them.
(b) To study and research.
(c) To practice.
(d) Enthusiasm and training.

2. When was Cicero's essay "Laelius: On Friendship" written?
(a) Before Caesar's assasination.
(b) After his daughter's death.
(c) After his divorce.
(d) After Caesar's assasination.

3. What do the younger men ask Crassus to tell them in "On the Orator"?
(a) If they could be good orators.
(b) The nature of oratory.
(c) The nature of art.
(d) How he became a polished orator.

4. What must the ruler maintain, according to Cicero?
(a) Justice.
(b) Order.
(c) Equality before law.
(d) Balance between powers.

5. How long does friendship last in accordance with what Laelius connects friendship to?
(a) Til changes occur in the people.
(b) Forever, since nature is eternal.
(c) When a fight happens.
(d) Til desires change.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "On the Orator" considered in Latin?

2. What does reciprocity suggest about friendship, according to "Laelius: On Friendship"?

3. What must the orator master?

4. What does Crassus argue great orators cannot restrict themselves to?

5. What were the followers of Aristotle called?

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