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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 would have benefited Antony had he visited Cicero's home?
(a) His honesty.
(b) His orator's skills.
(c) His physical strength.
(d) His reputation and morals.

2. To whom did Cicero write the second letter?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Verres.
(c) His wife.
(d) Atticus.

3. Where does Caesar invite Cicero in the thirteenth letter?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Milan.
(c) Rome.
(d) Canosa.

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

5. Cicero states that men shouldn't covet __________.
(a) Another's wife.
(b) One another's goods.
(c) Power.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose speech does Cicero go and listen to according to the twenty-first letter?

2. According to Cicero, what is the most serious crime a man can commit?

3. What does Cicero argue can be broken in section nine?

4. Who was Hannibal's father?

5. What was the former position of Antony's father-in-law?

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