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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 does Cato say is good about old age?
(a) Freedom from physical pleasures.
(b) Freedom from conscription.
(c) Freedom from financial problems.
(d) Freedom from voting obligations.

2. How does Cicero characterize robbery?
(a) Natural.
(b) Normal.
(c) Human like.
(d) Unnatural.

3. What would explain Antony trying to put Cicero at odds with the Senate?
(a) He wants to compete with Cicero as a speaker.
(b) He wants to disband the Senate.
(c) He wants to ban Cicero from Rome.
(d) He wants to take Cicero's place in the Senate.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cato say is pointless in section two of On Old Age?

2. According to Cicero, toward whom is his work targeted?

3. Why would it be an advantage for a merchant to arrive early at a market during a food shortage?

4. Who is modeling his actions after Rome's past enemies?

5. What is to blame for a lot of old age infirmities?

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