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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cicero argues that ___________ is unnatural.
(a) Doing right.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Doing wrong.
(d) Lying.

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

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

4. Whom does Cicero call "brave men"?
(a) Two senators.
(b) Two Deciuses.
(c) Two Gurios.
(d) Two verres.

5. What did Anthony claim to have done during the election of the augurship?
(a) To have bought votes.
(b) To have won the election.
(c) To have retired in Cicero's favor.
(d) To not have participated.

6. Who interprets right as the only good according to Cicero?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Curio.
(c) Antony.
(d) Panaetius.

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

8. According to Cicero in Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, The Second Philippic against Antony, what did Rome's enemies have in common?
(a) They were all Romans.
(b) They were all senators.
(c) They made an enemy of Cicero as well.
(d) They were old men.

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

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

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

12. What does Cicero think cannot be done by Antony?
(a) Disparage Cicero in front of the senate.
(b) Accuse Cicero of a false crime.
(c) Disparage Cicero in front of the tribune.
(d) Banish Cicero.

13. What reason could a sick man use to break a promise of payment?
(a) Leave money to his children.
(b) Party one last time.
(c) Pay for a more comfortable bed.
(d) To buy medicine.

14. What does Cicero believe can make society fall apart?
(a) The Stoic influence.
(b) Men acting only in their self interest.
(c) Greek influence.
(d) Barbarian invasion.

15. The invisible man should listen to ___________.
(a) His true good.
(b) The law.
(c) The oracle.
(d) His friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Publius Clodius' main quality?

2. What does Cicero say might sometimes be in the advantage of a country?

3. What level does the duty of becoming wiser and better occupy, according to Cicero's arguments?

4. Who nominated Cicero for the position of augur?

5. What should the invisible man do according to Cicero?

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