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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who would have prevented Antony from going to Cicero's home, according to Cicero?
(a) Cicero himself.
(b) Verres.
(c) Gaius Scribonius Curio.
(d) Julius Caesar.

2. What part of society does Cicero analyze in section seven?
(a) Social life.
(b) Commerce.
(c) The law.
(d) The individual.

3. What impact does sharp practice have on the community?
(a) Makes the people want more money.
(b) Good.
(c) Bad.
(d) No impact.

4. What would make it right for an honest man to steal from a tyrant to save his life according to Cicero?
(a) Common interest.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Human nature.

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

6. What should happen to people who steal?
(a) They should experience the same crime.
(b) They should be put to death.
(c) They should be forgiven.
(d) They should be cut from society.

7. Which of Antony's accusations does Cicero find the most serious?
(a) Antony started the feud between them.
(b) The Roman Senate is corrupt.
(c) The people of Rome hate Cicero.
(d) Cicero started the feud between them.

8. How does Cicero characterize robbery?
(a) Normal.
(b) Unnatural.
(c) Natural.
(d) Human like.

9. Cicero believed that __________ is a united body.
(a) The military.
(b) Family.
(c) Society.
(d) The judges.

10. What does Cicero consider and debate in section nine?
(a) If stealing is always necessary.
(b) If rightness is always necessary.
(c) If lying is always necessary.
(d) If honesty is always necessary.

11. According to Cicero, who is the best tragic poet?
(a) Quintus Ennius.
(b) Marcus Pacuvius.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Homer.

12. Who bore a resemblance to wise men, but were not according to Cicero?
(a) The Oracles.
(b) Antony's supporters.
(c) The Seven Wise Men.
(d) The senators.

13. Who helped Antony be elected as augur?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Verres.
(c) Quintus Hortensius.
(d) Curio.

14. What would have benefited Antony had he visited Cicero's home?
(a) His orator's skills.
(b) His reputation and morals.
(c) His honesty.
(d) His physical strength.

15. Why did Cicero ironically think Antony broke off the relationship with him?
(a) To make friends in disreputable circles.
(b) To make friends of judges.
(c) To make friends in reputable circles.
(d) To please Cicero's old enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second section of A Practical Code of Behavior, what does Cicero argue cannot be weighed against advantage?

2. Who discovered that Ulysses was faking madness?

3. What differentiated Antony from Cicero's past enemies?

4. What did Anthony claim to have done during the election of the augurship?

5. What reason could a sick man use to break a promise of payment?

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