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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. Who is the discussion between, in "Discussions at Tusculum"?
(a) Cicero and a friend.
(b) Cicero and his dad.
(c) Cicero and Caesar.
(d) Cicero and Dante.

2. What did Cicero believe humans cannot find peace without?
(a) Fighting for your thoughts.
(b) Thoughts and rations.
(c) Serving mankind.
(d) Falling in love.

3. What group believed happiness is the enjoyment of pleasure and the avoidance of pain?
(a) Epicureans.
(b) Roman's.
(c) Greek's.
(d) French.

4. What are external goods merely considered to be by Cicero?
(a) Unpreferables.
(b) Necessary to happiness.
(c) Preferables.
(d) Indifferents.

5. What is "Discussions at Tusculum" about?
(a) What happiness is.
(b) What makes a man happy.
(c) What makes a good life happy.
(d) What makes a life full of quality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the followers of Aristotle called?

2. How many miles was the setting of "Discussions at Tusculum" from Cicero's home?

3. What are external goods always at risk of, according to Cicero?

4. Who was Cicero worried about, according to the introduction?

5. According to the introduction, what did Cicero take refuge in after a divorce, fights with friends, and his daughter's death?

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