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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Cato the Elder on Old Age, On Old Age.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should an old person rely on to not feel gloom, according to Cato?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Faith.
(c) His children.
(d) Life's blessings.

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

3. What does Cato say is pointless in section two of On Old Age?
(a) Complaining.
(b) Politics.
(c) Resisting age.
(d) Drinking to much.

4. What does Cato say about physical strength?
(a) It does make men better.
(b) It makes for less intelligent men.
(c) It makes for better soldiers.
(d) It does not make men better.

5. With what are the Roman tribunals branded?
(a) Infamy.
(b) Piety.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Loyalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cicero say never advances the interests of an individual?

2. Who requested that Cicero take the case against Verres?

3. What does Cicero believe can make society fall apart?

4. What qualifies Quintus Catulus, according to Cicero?

5. In the fifteenth letter, how does Cicero qualify the state of the country?

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