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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 Cicero, in "On Duties," what does he feel is more effective in inspiring confidence?
(a) Praise.
(b) Goodwill.
(c) Love.
(d) Justice.

2. What does Grant state Cicero was excellent at doing?
(a) Manifesting ideas.
(b) Challenging ideas.
(c) Popularizing ideas.
(d) Deepening ideas.

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

4. What does reciprocity suggest about friendship, according to "Laelius: On Friendship"?
(a) Friendship is not based on exchange.
(b) Frienship is not a reciprocal relationship.
(c) Everything is reciprocal.
(d) The relationship is based on exhange.

5. What does Crassus compare oratory to?
(a) Singing.
(b) Concerts.
(c) Theatre.
(d) Legal practice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which medieval thinker admired Cicero, according to Grant?

2. What does Laelius argue against the Stoics?

3. Why does Cicero return to Rome, in "Laelius: On Friendship"?

4. What or whom does Michael Grant, the author of the introduction, introduce?

5. What does much of Cicero's writing contain, according to Grant?

(see the answer key)

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