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

2. What reason does Antony give for visiting Cicero's house?
(a) To spy on him.
(b) He was friends with his son.
(c) To court his daughter.
(d) To receive his tuition.

3. How do wise men die according to Cato?
(a) With joy.
(b) With riches.
(c) With fear.
(d) With peace.

4. In the second section of A Practical Code of Behavior, what does Cicero argue cannot be weighed against advantage?
(a) Law.
(b) Inconvenience.
(c) Justice.
(d) Ideal right.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men came to Cicero's house according to the eighteenth letter?

2. With what are the Roman tribunals branded?

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

4. Whom is Cicero blaming for his wife's sorrow in his third letter?

5. Cicero argues that ___________ is unnatural.

(see the answer key)

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