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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. What prevented a person from being happy, according to Cicero?
(a) Not having money.
(b) Not being morally good.
(c) Not having friends.
(d) Not having a house.

2. What were the followers of Aristotle called?
(a) Aristotle's followers.
(b) Aristotlians.
(c) Aristocracy's.
(d) Peripatetics.

3. Who does Grant say took over power in the Roman Republic during Cicero's writing?
(a) Julius.
(b) Crassus.
(c) Cassius.
(d) Caesar.

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

5. Where did Cicero retire during the transition of power in the Roman republic, according to Grant's introduction?
(a) The country.
(b) The Mediterranean.
(c) Ireland.
(d) His castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens once virtue is acquired, according to Cicero?

2. What does Grant state Cicero was excellent at doing?

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

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

5. What did Cicero believe the Roman republic should behave like?

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