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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 does Cicero emphasize in the third and fourth principles in "On Duties"?
(a) Dictators need a balance in their ruling.
(b) Love does not always prevail.
(c) Expediency and rightness are connected.
(d) Taxes are inevitable.

2. In "On Duties," which book is only reproduced in this particular selection of readings?
(a) Book IV.
(b) Book I.
(c) Book III.
(d) Book II.

3. According to Cicero, what will breed resentment in a ruler's subjects?
(a) Power.
(b) Unjust behavior.
(c) Theft.
(d) Dishonor.

4. According to the introduction, what did Cicero take refuge in after a divorce, fights with friends, and his daughter's death?
(a) Observing nature.
(b) Reading.
(c) Writing.
(d) Meditation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero in "On Duties," what do men need?

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

3. How does the argument in "Discussions at Tusculum" begin?

4. What is essential between two nations, according to Cicero in "On Duties"?

5. According to the introduction, what is Cicero NOT?

(see the answer key)

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