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

2. In the twentieth letter, Cicero is glad of __________.
(a) Tiro's remission.
(b) Caesar's rise to power.
(c) Caesar's death.
(d) His wife's visit.

3. Cicero believed that __________ is a united body.
(a) The military.
(b) The judges.
(c) Society.
(d) Family.

4. What does Cicero consider and debate in section nine?
(a) If honesty is always necessary.
(b) If lying is always necessary.
(c) If stealing is always necessary.
(d) If rightness is always necessary.

5. What was Publius Clodius' main quality?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Impatient.
(c) Hysterical.
(d) Reliable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marcus Atilius was convicted of ___________.

2. What does Cicero state cannot happen in a court of law?

3. What was Catiline's main quality according to Cicero?

4. What is the main topic of the sixteenth letter?

5. According to Cicero, who is the best tragic poet?

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