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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. Whom does Cato use to illustrate his point that old age can be happy?
(a) Himself.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Quintus Fabius Maximus.
(d) Antony.

2. What does Cicero argue about those who think that doing wrong is to their advantage?
(a) They can't escape justice.
(b) They are everywhere.
(c) They were wrong.
(d) They were right.

3. Whom is Cicero blaming for his wife's sorrow in his third letter?
(a) The war.
(b) Himself.
(c) Caesar.
(d) His children.

4. What did Sicily's praetor, speaking as the consul, tell Sicilians about Verres?
(a) There is no possibility of Verres being convicted.
(b) Verres is asking for their pardon.
(c) Verres will be convicted.
(d) Verres will flee Italy.

5. To whom did Cicero send the third letter?
(a) Verres.
(b) His wife.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Pompey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the moral standards of Publius Sulpicius, the judge?

3. What does Cicero consider and debate in section nine?

4. What does Cato say about youth's pleasures?

5. What is Cicero's wife's name, as noted in his third letter?

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