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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Rufus and Cotta ask Antonius and Crassus in "On the Orator"?
(a) Will they give an oratory?
(b) Who is the best orator?
(c) Should they attempt to be orators?
(d) Could they be great orators?

2. Why are great orators hard to find, according to Cicero in "On the Orator"?
(a) Few have the mastery of the many distinct arts.
(b) Stage fright.
(c) Many speak well, but lack information.
(d) Many have information on many arts, but speak poorly.

3. What does Cicero hope to save through writing, "On the Orator"?
(a) His country from decay.
(b) Himself.
(c) The talent of others.
(d) His own talent.

4. According to "On the Orator," who thought about the skill of oratory and rhetoric?
(a) Greek leaders.
(b) Roman Catholics.
(c) Great Greek and Roman thinkers.
(d) Greek and Roman leaders.

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

6. Who reproaches Cicero after he leaves the country, in "Laelius: On Friendship"?
(a) Dante.
(b) Laelius.
(c) Atticus.
(d) Plutarch.

7. What must the orator master?
(a) Art.
(b) Thought.
(c) Science.
(d) The entire sphere of philosophy.

8. Whose words does Cicero use to illustrate his view in "On the Orator"?
(a) Crassus'.
(b) Scaevola's.
(c) Brutus's.
(d) Antonius'.

9. When was Cicero's essay "Laelius: On Friendship" written?
(a) After his daughter's death.
(b) Before Caesar's assasination.
(c) After Caesar's assasination.
(d) After his divorce.

10. Where does Scipio go in his dream?
(a) A heavenly place.
(b) To France.
(c) On a rollercoaster.
(d) To give a speech.

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

12. According to "On the Orator," what does the orator possess even in battle?
(a) Great power.
(b) Little power.
(c) The ability to motivate.
(d) The ability to connect.

13. How does Antonius feel the orator should approach speech?
(a) Nervously.
(b) Daringly.
(c) Timidly.
(d) Confidently.

14. What do true friends not enjoy doing, according to Laelius?
(a) Criticizing you.
(b) Talking to you.
(c) Spending time with you.
(d) Listening to you.

15. Who does Laelius speak with about his friendship with Scipio?
(a) Frank Griffin.
(b) Fennigan.
(c) Gaius Fannius.
(d) Gaiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the other men involved located, during the dialogue of "On the Orator"?

2. What must the apprentice orator do?

3. What is Cicero known as, according to "On the Orator"?

4. What do the orbits of the planets produce, in "The Dream of Scipio"?

5. Who was Laelius friends with?

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