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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 is the name of Cicero's brother he writes to?
(a) Petrarch.
(b) Quintus.
(c) Quinten.
(d) Cassius.

2. What is the length like of "Dream of Scipio"?
(a) Long.
(b) Concise.
(c) Brief.
(d) Moderate.

3. What must the orator master?
(a) Thought.
(b) Science.
(c) Art.
(d) The entire sphere of philosophy.

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

5. Where are the other men involved located, during the dialogue of "On the Orator"?
(a) The Roman Forum.
(b) The Pantheon.
(c) The Colloseum.
(d) Tusculum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is friendship more potent that kinship, according to Laelius ?

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

3. What does Laelius believe makes goods truly good?

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

5. What does Scipio desire in his dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Stoics believe about the death of a friend?

2. What does Africanus encourage Scipio to do at the end of his dream?

3. Where does Scipio go in his dream in Chapter 5?

4. According to "On the Orator," how should great orators approach a speech?

5. Describe what "The Dream of Scipio" illustrates in relation to philosophy.

6. What is the purpose of the spheres of the planets, in "The Dream of Scipio"?

7. Describe what sharing does in relation to friendship, according to "Laelius: On Friendship" .

8. What did Antonius believe is a requirement of a great orator?

9. Describe when the dialogue of "On the Orator" took place and the importance of the work.

10. What is the greatest danger of a friendship, according to "Laelius: On Friendship"?

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