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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 reason could a sick man use to break a promise of payment?
(a) Party one last time.
(b) Leave money to his children.
(c) To buy medicine.
(d) Pay for a more comfortable bed.

2. Whom is Cicero blaming for his wife's sorrow in his third letter?
(a) Himself.
(b) Caesar.
(c) The war.
(d) His children.

3. Where did Cicero write the fourth letter?
(a) Rome.
(b) Milan.
(c) Atticus.
(d) Sicily.

4. Who is modeling his actions after Rome's past enemies?
(a) Verres.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Antony.
(d) Marcus.

5. What part of society does Cicero analyze in section seven?
(a) The law.
(b) The individual.
(c) Commerce.
(d) Social life.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero, whose ideal is "to live consistently with nature"?

2. What happened to Curio's friend after Antony's election as augur?

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

4. What fate did Rome's enemies share over the past twenty years?

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

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