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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first section of A Practical Code of Behavior, whom does Cicero praise?
(a) Curio.
(b) Verres.
(c) Antony.
(d) Scipio.

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

3. Who is modeling his actions after Rome's past enemies?
(a) Antony.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Verres.
(d) Marcus.

4. What does Caesar claim was always advantageous according to Cicero?
(a) Bribes.
(b) Morally right actions.
(c) Military victories.
(d) Immoral actions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero, toward whom is his work targeted?

2. What did Ulysses do to avoid military service?

3. According to Cicero, what is the most serious crime a man can commit?

4. Who would have prevented Antony from going to Cicero's home, according to Cicero?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Antonius' arguments against Cicero, according to Cicero?

2. At the end of Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, what does Cicero say he wants for himself and Rome?

3. According to Cicero, how does Antonius display his corruption?

4. What would not be blame worthy in the fourth section of A Practical Code of Behavior?

5. What do the Stoics and the Peripatetics think of the right and the advantage?

6. According to Cicero, what do goodness and rightness have in common, and who can see it?

7. In Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, what excuse does Antonius use to justify his attack on Cicero?

8. What does Cicero argue men should not do in the third section of A Practical Code of Behavior?

9. How does Cicero accelerate the decline of Caesar, according to Antonius?

10. What does Cicero argue about wrong in the third section of A Practical Code of Behavior?

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