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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. According to "On Duties," how do people find theft by the state?
(a) Absurd.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Unjust.
(d) Outrageous.

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

3. When did Cicero do his writing, according to the introduction?
(a) Between the late 60s-40s B.C.
(b) Between the 60s and early 50s B.C.
(c) Between the 60s and early 50s A.D.
(d) During the 60s B.C.

4. Who did Cicero influence, according to Grant?
(a) The Renaissance art.
(b) The Italian church.
(c) The children of the time.
(d) The modern philosphers.

5. What was the result of Cicero's desire to capture others thought in his writing's?
(a) He was unthoughtful.
(b) He was too thoughful.
(c) He was thoughtless.
(d) He was unoriginal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is statesmanship destroyed, according to "On Duties"?

3. What group believed happiness is the enjoyment of pleasure and the avoidance of pain?

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

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

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