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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 question does Cicero ask his brother, concerning what great oratory requires?
(a) What is required to produce great oratory?
(b) Is it popular in England?
(c) Does it permit women?
(d) Does it require "wide theoretical knowledge"?

2. According to Cicero, how was the Stoics view counter-intuitive?
(a) It denounces relationship importance.
(b) It denounces material importance.
(c) It contradicts Cicero's opinions.
(d) This view suggests one can be happy with no external or bodily goods.

3. What do the orbits of the planets produce, in "The Dream of Scipio"?
(a) A cosmic harmony.
(b) A pretty path.
(c) A conection of spirits.
(d) Peace.

4. Who sends Scipio into tears just by the sight of him, in "The Dream of Scipio"?
(a) Scipio's family.
(b) Scipio's friend.
(c) Scipio's father.
(d) Scipio's mother.

5. What does "The Dream of Scipio" suggest about virtuous people?
(a) Only they can see their loved ones in heaven.
(b) Only they are exempt from hell.
(c) They are given eternal love.
(d) Only they are given eteral life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to "Laelius: On Friendship," when should a person make the decision to keep a friend?

3. Where does Scipio go in his dream?

4. What do the younger men ask Crassus to tell them in "On the Orator"?

5. What was oratory a part of in the ancient world, according to "On the Orator"?

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