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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. When did Cicero do his writing, according to the introduction?
(a) Between the 60s and early 50s A.D.
(b) During the 60s B.C.
(c) Between the 60s and early 50s B.C.
(d) Between the late 60s-40s B.C.

2. What does Laelius reject about the restrictions of friendship?
(a) That restrictions are necessary for friendship.
(b) That the connection between friends is limited by its surroundings.
(c) All three theories suggested.
(d) That friendship has limits.

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

4. According to "Laelius: On Friendship," when should a person make the decision to keep a friend?
(a) When one is sound and rational.
(b) After that friend is mean.
(c) After that friend has three strikes.
(d) After full mental and physical maturity.

5. According to Cicero, how does he view tyrannies?
(a) Needed.
(b) Unstable.
(c) Stable.
(d) Unnecessary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was oratory a part of in the ancient world, according to "On the Orator"?

2. According to the introduction, how did Pope Gregory I respond to Cicero's work?

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

4. What did Cicero believe the Roman republic should behave like?

5. In what period did Cicero gain great fame?

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