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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. According to "On the Orator," who thought about the skill of oratory and rhetoric?
(a) Greek leaders.
(b) Greek and Roman leaders.
(c) Roman Catholics.
(d) Great Greek and Roman thinkers.

2. What is "On the Orator" considered in Latin?
(a) A joke.
(b) Thought provoking.
(c) Art.
(d) An artistic masterpiece.

3. What did Cicero resist being identified with, according to Grant?
(a) Anyone religion.
(b) Dogmatism.
(c) Any one school of philosphy.
(d) Any woman.

4. According to the introduction, how did the younger Seneca receive Cicero?
(a) He praised him, but found his writings shallow.
(b) He noted him once in one of his essays.
(c) He slammed him.
(d) He read him only to challenge his work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero, what will inspire hatred in a ruler's subjects?

2. What did Cicero believe was the most divine thing in humans?

3. What was the result of Cicero's desire to capture others thought in his writing's?

4. According to Cicero, what will breed resentment in a ruler's subjects?

5. Who does Grant say took over power in the Roman Republic during Cicero's writing?

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