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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. Who favored Cicero?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Greek orators.
(c) Lactantius and many Christian fathers.
(d) Roman orators.

2. What happens once virtue is acquired, according to Cicero?
(a) It makes a person good, thus making him happy.
(b) It is permanent.
(c) It can not be lost except by free choice.
(d) It is temporary.

3. What does Cicero argue the art of oratory requires?
(a) Knowing its audience.
(b) Speaking well and knowing its subjects.
(c) Knowing its people.
(d) Being condifdent.

4. According to the Stoics, what was the faculty that was unique to humans?
(a) Thought.
(b) Rational.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Reason.

5. What did Cicero believe applied to every human, according to Grant?
(a) The ration to love others.
(b) The golden rule.
(c) Ability to forgive.
(d) The natural law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of governmental system does Cicero prefer?

2. What does "On The Orator "concern itself with?

3. Where are the other men involved located, during the dialogue of "On the Orator"?

4. What question does Cicero ask his brother, concerning what great oratory requires?

5. Who does Laelius speak with about his friendship with Scipio?

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