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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 are goodness and right?
(a) Never used together.
(b) Synonymous.
(c) Homonyms.
(d) Antonymous.

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

3. To whom did Cicero send the final letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?
(a) Lucius Munatius Plancus.
(b) Tiro.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Atticus.

4. Where do souls come from before birth and return to after death according to Cato?
(a) Earth.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hades.

5. What differentiated Antony from Cicero's past enemies?
(a) Cicero and Antony physically fought.
(b) Cicero took the initiative against Antony instead of Antony going after Cicero.
(c) Antony took the initiative against Cicero instead of Cicero going after Antony.
(d) Cicero was younger than Antony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one side think of the attitude of the merchant who doesn't tell the other merchants about the food shortage?

2. Why is Cicero trying to persuade Tiro from traveling?

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

4. Who bore a resemblance to wise men, but were not according to Cicero?

5. Why did Cicero ironically think Antony broke off the relationship with him?

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