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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Africanus tell Scipio about his future, in "The Dream of Scipio"?
(a) He will lose many battles.
(b) He has God in him.
(c) He has a destiny to rule.
(d) He will win many battles.

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

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

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

5. What does "Laelius: On Friendship" concern itself with?
(a) Laelius's idea of friendship.
(b) What makes a friend a friend.
(c) Cicero's concept of friendship.
(d) Laelius's meditation of his legendary friendship.

6. In "The Dream of Scipio," where does God exist in the universe?
(a) The smallest sphere.
(b) The fourth sphere.
(c) The largest sphere.
(d) The second sphere.

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

8. Why does Cicero return to Rome, in "Laelius: On Friendship"?
(a) For his daughter.
(b) For a meeting of the Roman Senate.
(c) For a funeral.
(d) To have dinner.

9. What does the dream of "The Dream of Scipio" illustrate?
(a) Magic.
(b) Selective immortality.
(c) Mortality.
(d) Authentic relationships.

10. What does oratory require beside good speech, according to "On the Orator"?
(a) General idea of other topics.
(b) A desire to move others through words.
(c) Knowledge of many subjects.
(d) Motivated thought.

11. Who reveals the structure of the universe to Scipio?
(a) The elder Scipio.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) Cicero.
(d) His grandmother.

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

13. 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) When one is sound and rational.
(d) After that friend has three strikes.

14. What needs to exist between friends to ensure a permanence of friendship, according to Laelius?
(a) Commonalities.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Similarity.
(d) Opposition.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Africanus encourage Scipio to learn in his dream?

2. What does Cicero argue the art of oratory requires?

3. Who takes the dictatorial control in "Laelius: On Friendship"?

4. Where does Scipio travel in his dream?

5. What type of writing style is "Laelius: On Friendship" written in?

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