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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. According to Cicero in Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, The Second Philippic against Antony, what did Rome's enemies have in common?
(a) They made an enemy of Cicero as well.
(b) They were old men.
(c) They were all Romans.
(d) They were all senators.

2. What do the respected men whom Cicero discusses have in common?
(a) They were all senators.
(b) They were all merchants.
(c) They did wrong.
(d) They did right.

3. What is the main topic of section five in On Old Age?
(a) Politics.
(b) War.
(c) Farming.
(d) The law.

4. Whom does Cicero call "brave men"?
(a) Two verres.
(b) Two Deciuses.
(c) Two senators.
(d) Two Gurios.

5. In the seventeenth letter, what is Cicero's opinion of Brutus?
(a) He is a great man.
(b) He is a fool.
(c) He is ignorant.
(d) He is short.

Short Answer Questions

1. In section three of On Old Age, Cato says he lost some of _________.

2. Whom does Verres think ill of in Cicero's third argument against Verres?

3. Whom does Cato use to illustrate his point that old age can be happy?

4. How many children does Cicero say he has in his third letter?

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

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