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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: The Dream of Scipio.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the dream of "The Dream of Scipio" illustrate?
(a) Mortality.
(b) Magic.
(c) Authentic relationships.
(d) Selective immortality.

2. What do Rufus and Crassus need to become good orators?
(a) To study and research.
(b) Enthusiasm and training.
(c) To study under each of them.
(d) To practice.

3. According to "Laelius: On Friendship," when should a person make the decision to keep a friend?
(a) After that friend is mean.
(b) After full mental and physical maturity.
(c) When one is sound and rational.
(d) After that friend has three strikes.

4. According to the introduction, what did Cicero take refuge in after a divorce, fights with friends, and his daughter's death?
(a) Reading.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Observing nature.
(d) Writing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where must Scipio's soul return, according to his dream?

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

3. Whose fate lies in the hands of Scipio, according to "The Dream of Scipio"?

4. When was Cicero's essay "Laelius: On Friendship" written?

5. What is "Discussions at Tusculum" about?

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