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

2. What was oratory a part of in the ancient world, according to "On the Orator"?
(a) Great ability.
(b) Low art.
(c) High art.
(d) Great conditions.

3. What are external goods merely considered to be by Cicero?
(a) Indifferents.
(b) Necessary to happiness.
(c) Preferables.
(d) Unpreferables.

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

5. What does Cicero aim to determine in "On the Orator"?
(a) What kind of man the orator must be to rule the Greek Empire.
(b) Who is better at oratory than he is.
(c) What kind of man the orator must be to rule the Roman Empire.
(d) What makes a man a good orator.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "On the Orator," what does the orator possess even in battle?

2. Which medieval thinker admired Cicero, according to Grant?

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

4. Where are the other men involved located, during the dialogue of "On the Orator"?

5. What did Cicero believe applied to every human, according to Grant?

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