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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 favor did Cicero acknowledge Antony did for him?
(a) Antony didn't kill him.
(b) Antony loaned him money.
(c) Antony got him out of jail.
(d) Antony helped him get elected.

2. What argument did Anthony use to justify going after Cicero?
(a) Cicero married Antony's love interest.
(b) Cicero beat Antony in an election.
(c) Cicero spoke against Antony at a friend's lawsuit.
(d) Cicero stole from Antony.

3. What are the moral standards of Publius Sulpicius, the judge?
(a) Open to bribes.
(b) Corrupted.
(c) Solemn and upright.
(d) Unscrupulous.

4. Whom does Cicero see in Rome according to the twenty-second letter?
(a) Gaius.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Verres.
(d) Brutus.

5. How does Cicero say a man can balance advantages and rightness?
(a) By asking Cicero.
(b) By always doing the right thing.
(c) By going to the oracle.
(d) By always considering his advantages first.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosophy does Panaetius follow?

2. How many chests of money were left at "some senator's house"?

3. According to Cicero in Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, The Second Philippic against Antony, what did Rome's enemies have in common?

4. According to Cicero in his first point in Attack on Misgovernment, Against Verres I, how does Cicero see the court as being?

5. What is the main topic of section five in On Old Age?

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