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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Discussions at Tusculum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the setting of "Discussions at Tusculum"?
(a) Cicero's country villa.
(b) Cicero's apartment.
(c) Cicero's friends house.
(d) By a river.

2. What did Cicero believe the Roman republic should behave like?
(a) "Elusive and free."
(b) "Lucid and demanding."
(c) "Heroes of old."
(d) "Strong and indestructive."

3. What did Cicero believe strongly about the virtues of philosophy?
(a) They were valid and rational.
(b) They took away the "load of empty troubles."
(c) They were insightful.
(d) They gave comfort to the fearful.

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

5. Who was Cicero worried about, according to the introduction?
(a) His own health.
(b) The Greek republic.
(c) The Roman republic.
(d) His mother's health.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Cicero influence, according to Grant?

2. Who does Cicero compare Dionysius to?

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

4. According to Grant, what did Cicero believe every human had to make them equal?

5. What is "Discussions at Tusculum" about?

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