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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 prevented a person from being happy, according to Cicero?
(a) Not having a house.
(b) Not having friends.
(c) Not having money.
(d) Not being morally good.

2. According to the introduction, how did Pope Gregory I respond to Cicero's work?
(a) He gave him high praise.
(b) He refused to ackowledge his writings.
(c) He banned his work for centuries.
(d) He burned them.

3. Who was Dionysius?
(a) The ruler of Asia.
(b) The dictator of Syracuse.
(c) The dictator of Greece.
(d) The ruler of Rome.

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

5. According to Laelius, what two things should be avoided in friendship?
(a) Insult and pretense.
(b) Hypocrisy and insult.
(c) Condemnation and pretense.
(d) Hypocrisy and pretense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crassus compare oratory to?

2. According to Laelius, what is friendship in accord with?

3. What is "On the Orator" considered to be in comparison to the rest of "On the Good Life"?

4. Who reproaches Cicero after he leaves the country, in "Laelius: On Friendship"?

5. Which of the following are not needed to obtain moral goodness, according to Cicero in "On Duties"?

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