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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cicero aim to determine in "On the Orator"?
(a) Who is better at oratory than he is.
(b) What kind of man the orator must be to rule the Greek Empire.
(c) What kind of man the orator must be to rule the Roman Empire.
(d) What makes a man a good orator.

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

4. Which of the following is NOT a quality people should select in a friend, according to "Laelius: On Friendship"?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Stability.
(c) Reliability.
(d) Soundness.

5. What question does Cicero ask his brother, concerning what great oratory requires?
(a) Is it popular in England?
(b) Does it permit women?
(c) Does it require "wide theoretical knowledge"?
(d) What is required to produce great oratory?

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

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

8. What do great orators possess according to "On the Orator"?
(a) An innate gift.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Talent.
(d) Desrie.

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

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

11. Who challenges Crassus' views with historical counter-examples?
(a) Scaevola.
(b) Dante.
(c) Antonius.
(d) Cicero.

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

13. What type of writing style is "Laelius: On Friendship" written in?
(a) Prose.
(b) Journal.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Poetry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What must the apprentice orator do?

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

3. What does "The Dream of Scipio" suggest about virtuous people?

4. What does Laelius argue about a life without friends?

5. According to Laelius, how is friendship formed?

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