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

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

3. Which of the following are not needed to obtain moral goodness, according to Cicero in "On Duties"?
(a) Justice.
(b) Temperance.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Wealth.

4. What did an ancient ethical view believe was necessary for happiness?
(a) Being positive.
(b) Being true to oneself.
(c) Friends.
(d) Stability.

5. What did Stoics still think was preferable even if it did not add to happiness?
(a) Virtues.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Love.
(d) External achievement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What or whom does Michael Grant, the author of the introduction, introduce?

2. How many miles was the setting of "Discussions at Tusculum" from Cicero's home?

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

4. What is concluded about the achievement of moral goodness, in "Discussions at Tusculum"?

5. What does Laelius argue against the Stoics?

(see the answer key)

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