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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is statesmanship destroyed, according to "On Duties"?
(a) Caesar eliminates its possibility to continue.
(b) Because no one desires it anymore.
(c) It isn't destroyed.
(d) Because the opportunities of statesmanship are destroyed.

2. What must men have to resolve conflict, according to Cicero in "On Duties"?
(a) Resources.
(b) Respect.
(c) Rulers.
(d) Money.

3. Who was Dionysius?
(a) The ruler of Rome.
(b) The dictator of Greece.
(c) The ruler of Asia.
(d) The dictator of Syracuse.

4. How does the argument in "Discussions at Tusculum" begin?
(a) With his friend asking Cicero a question.
(b) With Cicero talking to himself.
(c) With Cicero talking to Brutus.
(d) With a description of the river.

5. According to Cicero, what will breed resentment in a ruler's subjects?
(a) Power.
(b) Dishonor.
(c) Unjust behavior.
(d) Theft.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the introduction, how did Pope Gregory I respond to Cicero's work?

2. What did Stoics still think was preferable even if it did not add to happiness?

3. According to "Discussions at Tusculum," what did all Greek schools of philosophy agree on?

4. What type of interest did the Romans have towards philosophy, according to Grant?

5. What are the third and fourth principles concerned with, in "On Duties"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Cicero's opinion of Caesar?

2. How did Cicero feel about statesmanship?

3. Describe why Cicero worried about the Roman republic.

4. What is the importance of stability in external goods, according to "Discussions at Tusculum"?

5. What style did Cicero write in and why?

6. What are 'preferables,' 'unpreferables,' and 'indifferents' according to the Stoics?

7. How did Cicero contradict the entire first chapter "Discussions at Tusculum"?

8. Describe what Cicero said about justice and intelligence, in "On Duties."

9. What will breed resentment among a ruler's subjects?

10. What are the intellectual goods that bring happiness, according to "Discussions at Tusculum"?

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