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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tones does the harmony contain, in "The Dream of Scipio"?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

2. What is Scipio mesmerized by the sight of?
(a) Earth.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Mars.
(d) The oceans.

3. Whom does Cicero note the art of oratory is possessed by?
(a) Only a few.
(b) All rulers.
(c) He and his friend.
(d) He alone.

4. Where must Scipio's soul return, according to his dream?
(a) His country.
(b) Earth.
(c) His planet.
(d) The afterlife.

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

6. What is the length like of "Dream of Scipio"?
(a) Moderate.
(b) Brief.
(c) Concise.
(d) Long.

7. What is Scipio supposed to reflect in "The Dream of Scipio"?
(a) The soul of the heavens.
(b) Man.
(c) Dictators.
(d) Human kind.

8. Who hosts the other men involved in the dialogue of "On the Orator"?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Crassus.
(d) Dante.

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

10. Who does Scipio greet in his dream?
(a) His dad.
(b) His friend, Kind Basinissa.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) No one.

11. What is an earth year in comparison to a cosmic year, according to "The Dream of Scipio"?
(a) A big part of ot.
(b) They are unrelated.
(c) A small part of it.
(d) They are equal in length.

12. What is "On the Orator" considered in Latin?
(a) A joke.
(b) Art.
(c) An artistic masterpiece.
(d) Thought provoking.

13. What do the younger men ask Crassus to tell them in "On the Orator"?
(a) If they could be good orators.
(b) The nature of art.
(c) The nature of oratory.
(d) How he became a polished orator.

14. What deep question does Laelius struggle with?
(a) What his deficiency is.
(b) What friendship really is.
(c) Who his best friend is.
(d) Whether the need for friendship is a deficiency.

15. What does Africanus encourage Scipio to learn in his dream?
(a) Oratory.
(b) Frienship.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose words does Cicero use to illustrate his view in "On the Orator"?

2. What must the apprentice orator do?

3. What does "On The Orator "concern itself with?

4. What does Crassus compare oratory to?

5. What does Crassus argue that Antonius agrees with?

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