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

2. What will the law always imperfectly mirror according to Cicero?
(a) Justice.
(b) Greed.
(c) Dishonesty.
(d) The human condition.

3. In the eighteenth letter, who came to Cicero's house?
(a) Atticus.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Tiro.

4. What fate did Rome's enemies share over the past twenty years?
(a) Exile.
(b) Death.
(c) Political functions.
(d) Imprisonment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of society does Cicero analyze in section seven?

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

3. Where does Caesar invite Cicero in the thirteenth letter?

4. Who nominated Cicero for the position of augur?

5. Who co-wrote the eighth letter with Cicero?

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