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

2. According to Cicero, toward whom is his work targeted?
(a) Those who can't see that goodness and rightness are synonymous.
(b) Antony's supporters.
(c) Cicero's supporters.
(d) The Senate.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first section of A Practical Code of Behavior, whom does Cicero praise?

2. What examples does Cicero use to illustrate hard moral cases?

3. Who discovered that Ulysses was faking madness?

4. What does one side think of the attitude of the merchant who doesn't tell the other merchants about the food shortage?

5. What argument did Anthony use to justify going after Cicero?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cicero lament at the start of Attack on an Enemy of Freedom?

2. What proof does Antonius use against Cicero when he tries to connect him to the murder of Caesar?

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

4. What does Cicero say about Antonius' character?

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

6. Whose murder does Antonius accuse Cicero of committing?

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

8. What is the second type of goodness for the Stoics?

9. In the story told in section five of A Practical Code of Behavior, how is the man able to retain his credit while doing wrong?

10. According to Cicero in section five of A Practical Code of Behavior, what should the invisible man do?

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