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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: On the Orator.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Rufus and Cotta ask Antonius and Crassus in "On the Orator"?
(a) Should they attempt to be orators?
(b) Who is the best orator?
(c) Will they give an oratory?
(d) Could they be great orators?

2. What does Laelius argue about a life without friends?
(a) It is unfulfilled.
(b) It is lonely.
(c) It is not worth living.
(d) It is simple and peaceful.

3. What must the orator master?
(a) Science.
(b) Thought.
(c) The entire sphere of philosophy.
(d) Art.

4. Who does Laelius speak with about his friendship with Scipio?
(a) Gaius Fannius.
(b) Fennigan.
(c) Frank Griffin.
(d) Gaiety.

5. According to the introduction, how did the younger Seneca receive Cicero?
(a) He read him only to challenge his work.
(b) He praised him, but found his writings shallow.
(c) He noted him once in one of his essays.
(d) He slammed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does friendship last in accordance with what Laelius connects friendship to?

2. What did Cicero believe strongly about the virtues of philosophy?

3. According to Cicero, how does he view tyrannies?

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

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

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