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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to Cicero, how does he view tyrannies?
(a) Unstable.
(b) Needed.
(c) Stable.
(d) Unnecessary.
2. Where did Cicero retire during the transition of power in the Roman republic, according to Grant's introduction?
(a) Ireland.
(b) The Mediterranean.
(c) The country.
(d) His castle.
3. Why is statesmanship destroyed, according to "On Duties"?
(a) Because the opportunities of statesmanship are destroyed.
(b) It isn't destroyed.
(c) Caesar eliminates its possibility to continue.
(d) Because no one desires it anymore.
4. How many virtues does Cicero argue moral goodness is comprised of?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.
5. What does Cicero emphasize in the third and fourth principles in "On Duties"?
(a) Love does not always prevail.
(b) Expediency and rightness are connected.
(c) Taxes are inevitable.
(d) Dictators need a balance in their ruling.
6. How many miles was the setting of "Discussions at Tusculum" from Cicero's home?
(a) 100 miles.
(b) 13 miles.
(c) 16 miles.
(d) 15 miles.
7. According to the introduction, who did Cicero criticize?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Romans.
(c) The church.
(d) Romans that were too "hellenized."
8. What is concluded about the achievement of moral goodness, in "Discussions at Tusculum"?
(a) It is necessary.
(b) It is indifferent to happiness.
(c) It is the only way to achieve happiness.
(d) It is unessecary.
9. What does Grant state Cicero was excellent at doing?
(a) Challenging ideas.
(b) Deepening ideas.
(c) Popularizing ideas.
(d) Manifesting ideas.
10. What did an ancient ethical view believe was necessary for happiness?
(a) Friends.
(b) Being true to oneself.
(c) Stability.
(d) Being positive.
11. What was the result of Cicero's desire to capture others thought in his writing's?
(a) He was too thoughful.
(b) He was thoughtless.
(c) He was unoriginal.
(d) He was unthoughtful.
12. According to Grant, what did Cicero believe every human had to make them equal?
(a) A common ancestry.
(b) A spark of divinity.
(c) Love.
(d) A common bond.
13. How does Cicero describe what philosophy's method does in "Discussions at Tusculum"?
(a) Challenging to its thinker.
(b) Freedom from one's pain and suffering.
(c) A release.
(d) Intense and though provoking.
14. Who is the discussion between, in "Discussions at Tusculum"?
(a) Cicero and Dante.
(b) Cicero and his dad.
(c) Cicero and Caesar.
(d) Cicero and a friend.
15. What were the followers of Aristotle called?
(a) Aristotlians.
(b) Peripatetics.
(c) Aristotle's followers.
(d) Aristocracy's.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are external 'bads' considered to be, according to Cicero?
2. What does the book reproduced in "On Duties" concern itself with?
3. What does Cicero question about virtues in "Discussions at Tusculum"?
4. According to Cicero, what can one NOT be without being intelligent?
5. Which of the following are not needed to obtain moral goodness, according to Cicero in "On Duties"?
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