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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 did Cicero believe was the most divine thing in humans?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Reason.
(c) Rational.
(d) Love.

2. In what period did Cicero gain great fame?
(a) Just after his death.
(b) 200 years after his death.
(c) The Dark Ages.
(d) The Renaissance.

3. According to Cicero, how was the Stoics view counter-intuitive?
(a) It denounces relationship importance.
(b) It contradicts Cicero's opinions.
(c) It denounces material importance.
(d) This view suggests one can be happy with no external or bodily goods.

4. Which medieval thinker admired Cicero, according to Grant?
(a) Aquinas.
(b) Dante.
(c) Plutarch.
(d) Petrarch.

5. What did Cicero believe applied to every human, according to Grant?
(a) Ability to forgive.
(b) The golden rule.
(c) The natural law.
(d) The ration to love others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Greek philosophy believe about the good life, according to "Discussions at Tusculum"?

2. What are external goods merely considered to be by Cicero?

3. Who does Cicero compare Dionysius to?

4. What is concluded about the achievement of moral goodness, in "Discussions at Tusculum"?

5. What did Cicero believe the result would be if happiness was only achieved by certain goods?

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