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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Practical Code of Behavior, On Duties, III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What consul, in particular, is Cicero happy with according to the twenty-third letter?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Octavian.
(c) Lucius plancus.
(d) Caesar.

2. What does Cicero think cannot be done by Antony?
(a) Disparage Cicero in front of the tribune.
(b) Disparage Cicero in front of the senate.
(c) Banish Cicero.
(d) Accuse Cicero of a false crime.

3. Which of Antony's accusations does Cicero find the most serious?
(a) Cicero started the feud between them.
(b) The people of Rome hate Cicero.
(c) The Roman Senate is corrupt.
(d) Antony started the feud between them.

4. What would explain Antony trying to put Cicero at odds with the Senate?
(a) He wants to compete with Cicero as a speaker.
(b) He wants to ban Cicero from Rome.
(c) He wants to take Cicero's place in the Senate.
(d) He wants to disband the Senate.

5. Where was Cicero going when he wrote the second letter?
(a) To Rome.
(b) To Cartage.
(c) To Vilnius.
(d) To Epirus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gaius not do according to Cicero in the twenty-third letter?

2. What reason could a sick man use to break a promise of payment?

3. What do the respected men whom Cicero discusses have in common?

4. What was Publius Clodius' main quality?

5. Whom is Cicero blaming for his wife's sorrow in his third letter?

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