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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What will the law always imperfectly mirror according to Cicero?
(a) The human condition.
(b) Greed.
(c) Justice.
(d) Dishonesty.

5. Who rescued the Senate from annihilation according to Cicero?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Himself.
(c) Antony.
(d) Sicca.

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

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

8. What should the invisible man do according to Cicero?
(a) Continue to enrich himself.
(b) Forgive himself.
(c) Resist temptation.
(d) Exile himself.

9. How does Cicero see the theme of criticizing Antony and justifying himself?
(a) Rich and promising.
(b) Too short.
(c) Too long to dive into.
(d) Boring.

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

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

12. In what spirit does Antony take a step to attack Cicero verbally?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Hate.
(c) Reprisal.
(d) Love.

13. What philosophy does Panaetius follow?
(a) Patetic.
(b) Peripatetic.
(c) Stoics.
(d) Elitist.

14. Who discovered that Ulysses was faking madness?
(a) Antony.
(b) Palamedes.
(c) The barbarians.
(d) Penelope.

15. What happened to Curio's friend after Antony's election as augur?
(a) He fled Rome.
(b) He was invited to be a senator.
(c) He was condemned for the use of violence.
(d) He received money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would it be an advantage for a merchant to arrive early at a market during a food shortage?

2. What would make it right for an honest man to steal from a tyrant to save his life according to Cicero?

3. What does justice demand of individuals?

4. What fate did Rome's enemies share over the past twenty years?

5. Cicero believed that __________ is a united body.

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