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

2. In "Discussions at Tusculum," what do the Stoics argue is necessary to be happy?
(a) To be old.
(b) To be young.
(c) To be rich.
(d) To be morally good.

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

4. What dictatorships does Cicero oppose in "On Duties"?
(a) Caesar's.
(b) Crassus'.
(c) Brutus's.
(d) Cassius'.

5. What does the Greek philosophy believe about the good life, according to "Discussions at Tusculum"?
(a) The good life is a happy life.
(b) The good life is a rich life.
(c) The good life is expensive.
(d) The good life means to have friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the book of "On Duties" begin?

2. Who does Cicero compare Dionysius to?

3. What does happiness necessarily require, according to Cicero?

4. Who does Grant say took over power in the Roman Republic during Cicero's writing?

5. What does Cicero question about virtues in "Discussions at Tusculum"?

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