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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: On Duties.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cicero question about virtues in "Discussions at Tusculum"?
(a) Whether or not they even exist.
(b) If they are a tangible or intangible component.
(c) If they are necessary to people.
(d) Whether they can make for a supremely happy life.

3. What are neutral things considered to be, according to Cicero?
(a) Indifferents.
(b) Unpreferables.
(c) Necessary to happiness.
(d) Preferables.

4. According to Cicero, how does he view tyrannies?
(a) Stable.
(b) Unstable.
(c) Needed.
(d) Unnecessary.

5. How does Cicero describe what philosophy's method does in "Discussions at Tusculum"?
(a) Intense and though provoking.
(b) A release.
(c) Challenging to its thinker.
(d) Freedom from one's pain and suffering.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Cicero argue is the cure for misfortune?

3. What type of interest did the Romans have towards philosophy, according to Grant?

4. Who did Cicero influence, according to Grant?

5. What did Stoics still think was preferable even if it did not add to happiness?

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