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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Crassus argue great orators cannot restrict themselves to?
(a) Oratory.
(b) Courts.
(c) The Forum.
(d) The Pantheon.

4. What does Africanus argue about God, in "The Dream of Scipio"?
(a) He is virtuous.
(b) He is needed.
(c) He is eternal.
(d) He is just.

5. What does Scipio desire in his dream?
(a) To live forever.
(b) To never wake up.
(c) To join the afterlife.
(d) To become a ruler.

6. How long does friendship last in accordance with what Laelius connects friendship to?
(a) When a fight happens.
(b) Til desires change.
(c) Forever, since nature is eternal.
(d) Til changes occur in the people.

7. What does Africanus encourage Scipio to do when he returns home in his dream?
(a) To stay brave.
(b) To not abandon hope.
(c) To remain calm.
(d) To fight for his country.

8. What does Crassus compare oratory to?
(a) Legal practice.
(b) Theatre.
(c) Singing.
(d) Concerts.

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

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

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

12. What exists in the smallest sphere discussed in "The Dream of Scipio"?
(a) Cicero.
(b) God.
(c) The planets.
(d) Earth.

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

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

15. What does Africanus encourage Scipio to focus on, in his dream?
(a) His perception.
(b) Heavenly reality.
(c) Oratory.
(d) Being a just and virtuous person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who challenges Crassus' views with historical counter-examples?

2. Who does Scipio greet in his dream?

3. Which of the following is NOT a quality people should select in a friend, according to "Laelius: On Friendship"?

4. What is Scipio supposed to reflect in "The Dream of Scipio"?

5. What needs to exist between friends to ensure a permanence of friendship, according to Laelius?

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