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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. The invisible man should listen to ___________.
(a) The law.
(b) His friends.
(c) His true good.
(d) The oracle.

2. What does Cicero wish philosophy will be to Scipio's son?
(a) Fruitful and annoying.
(b) Annoying and profitable.
(c) Rewarding and profitable.
(d) Fruitful and rewarding.

3. Which of Antony's accusations does Cicero find the most serious?
(a) The people of Rome hate Cicero.
(b) Antony started the feud between them.
(c) The Roman Senate is corrupt.
(d) Cicero started the feud between them.

4. How long did Cicero spend investigating Verres in Sicily?
(a) 40 days.
(b) 50 days.
(c) 110 days.
(d) 75 days.

5. According to Cicero, whose ideal is "to live consistently with nature"?
(a) Stoics.
(b) Jurists.
(c) Senators.
(d) Realists.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero in his eighteenth argument against Verres, what will change during the trial in comparison to the "old mode"?

2. What would explain Antony trying to put Cicero at odds with the Senate?

3. What examples does Cicero use to illustrate hard moral cases?

4. How does Cicero feel about Gaius' chance for victory against his rival?

5. Where was Cicero going when he wrote the second letter?

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