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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. What does Cicero question about virtues in "Discussions at Tusculum"?
(a) If they are a tangible or intangible component.
(b) Whether they can make for a supremely happy life.
(c) If they are necessary to people.
(d) Whether or not they even exist.

2. According to the introduction, how did the younger Seneca receive Cicero?
(a) He read him only to challenge his work.
(b) He noted him once in one of his essays.
(c) He praised him, but found his writings shallow.
(d) He slammed him.

3. What are the series of arguments about in "On Duties"?
(a) They are against liberty.
(b) They are against confomrity.
(c) They are against religion.
(d) They are against tyranny.

4. According to Cicero, what will inspire hatred in a ruler's subjects?
(a) One without promise.
(b) One without virtue.
(c) One that is unforgiving.
(d) One that's selfish.

5. What type of governmental system does Cicero prefer?
(a) Where the ruler gives to his community.
(b) Where no one is taxed.
(c) Where the ruler is morally good.
(d) Where men elect their ruler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cicero believe applied to every human, according to Grant?

2. According to the introduction, what type of writing style did Cicero sometimes write in?

3. What did Cicero believe humans cannot find peace without?

4. According to the introduction, who did Cicero criticize?

5. Who favored Cicero?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Cicero received by the public?

2. How did Cicero define the 'recipe' to obtain a stable regime in "On Duties"?

3. How did Cicero feel about statesmanship?

4. Describe what the series of arguments in "On Duties" discusses.

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

6. What type of system of government did Cicero prefer in "On Duties"?

7. What did the Epicureans believe happiness was?

8. What style did Cicero write in and why?

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

10. How do wise rulers win their subjects, according to Cicero?

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