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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Laelius: On Friendship.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Cicero compare Dionysius to?
(a) Plato and Archimedes.
(b) Plato and Plutarch.
(c) Dante and Plato.
(d) Petrach and Archimedes.

3. What did Cicero believe strongly about the virtues of philosophy?
(a) They were insightful.
(b) They gave comfort to the fearful.
(c) They took away the "load of empty troubles."
(d) They were valid and rational.

4. What two types of men cannot be friends, according to Laelius?
(a) Giving and selfish.
(b) Rich and poor.
(c) Good and bad.
(d) Good and poor.

5. Why does Cicero return to Rome, in "Laelius: On Friendship"?
(a) For a funeral.
(b) For his daughter.
(c) To have dinner.
(d) For a meeting of the Roman Senate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did an ancient ethical view believe was necessary for happiness?

2. Who is the discussion between, in "Discussions at Tusculum"?

3. According to "Discussions at Tusculum," why are evil people always miserable?

4. What does the book reproduced in "On Duties" concern itself with?

5. How does Cicero perceive philosophy under tyranny rule?

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