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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 reciprocity suggest about friendship, according to "Laelius: On Friendship"?
(a) Frienship is not a reciprocal relationship.
(b) Friendship is not based on exchange.
(c) Everything is reciprocal.
(d) The relationship is based on exhange.

2. According to Laelius, how is friendship formed?
(a) Through desire.
(b) Through love.
(c) Through food.
(d) Through thought.

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

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

5. According to "On the Orator," what does the orator possess even in battle?
(a) The ability to connect.
(b) Little power.
(c) The ability to motivate.
(d) Great power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Africanus argue about God, in "The Dream of Scipio"?

2. According to Laelius, what is friendship in accord with?

3. Which of the following is NOT a quality people should select in a friend, according to "Laelius: On Friendship"?

4. What is the length like of "Dream of Scipio"?

5. What does Africanus encourage Scipio to focus on, in his dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what the orator must do when giving a speech.

2. Describe how the orator is powerful in battle, as described in "On the Orator."

3. Describe what "Laelius: On Friendship" discusses and who the speakers are.

4. What is the difference between kinship and friendship?

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

6. Describe how "On the Orator" ends.

7. According to "Laelius: On Friendship," what makes the best friendship?

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

9. What does "On the Orator" discuss?

10. When was "Laelius: On Friendship" written?

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