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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. To whom did Cicero send the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Lucius Munatius Plancus.
(b) Atticus.
(c) Tiro.
(d) Julius Caesar.

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

3. What caused dissension, according to the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Lucius' speech.
(b) Lucius' bribes.
(c) Lucius' letter.
(d) Lucius' influence.

4. What is the main topic of the sixteenth letter?
(a) Cicero's daughter's election.
(b) Cicero's daughter's death.
(c) Cicero's daughter's wedding.
(d) Cicero's daughter's birth.

5. What do the respected men whom Cicero discusses have in common?
(a) They did wrong.
(b) They did right.
(c) They were all merchants.
(d) They were all senators.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the seventeenth letter, what is Cicero's opinion of Brutus?

2. What impact does sharp practice have on the community?

3. What does Cicero argue about those who think that doing wrong is to their advantage?

4. What did Anthony claim to have done during the election of the augurship?

5. What does Cicero consider and debate in section nine?

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