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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the dialogue concern itself with in "On the Orator"?
(a) A list of works.
(b) A debate.
(c) A list of people.
(d) A poem.

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

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

4. What does Cicero argue the art of oratory requires?
(a) Knowing its audience.
(b) Knowing its people.
(c) Being condifdent.
(d) Speaking well and knowing its subjects.

5. Where does Scipio travel in his dream?
(a) Africa.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) America.

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

7. What does God want Scipio to do, in "The Dream of Scipio"?
(a) Rule his country.
(b) Guide his country.
(c) Tend to the earth.
(d) Join the afterlife.

8. Who was Laelius friends with?
(a) Scipio Africanus.
(b) Dante.
(c) Scipio Africa.
(d) Cicero.

9. 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 equal in length.
(c) They are unrelated.
(d) A small part of it.

10. Where does "The Dream of Scipio" begin?
(a) In a circus.
(b) In a military tribune.
(c) At the Roman Forum.
(d) Outside the Pantheon.

11. What does Laelius reject about the restrictions of friendship?
(a) That the connection between friends is limited by its surroundings.
(b) That friendship has limits.
(c) That restrictions are necessary for friendship.
(d) All three theories suggested.

12. What does Crassus argue that Antonius agrees with?
(a) That Cicero is the best orator.
(b) That there is no need for oratory.
(c) That Cicero lacks techinique in oratory.
(d) That there is no one art for oratory.

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

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

15. What is the name of Cicero's brother he writes to?
(a) Petrarch.
(b) Cassius.
(c) Quintus.
(d) Quinten.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "On the Orator," what does the orator possess even in battle?

2. Who does Laelius argue friendship is only possible for?

3. What does Africanus tell Scipio about Earth?

4. According to Laelius, how is friendship formed?

5. What does Africanus tell Scipio about his future, in "The Dream of Scipio"?

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