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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. According to Cicero, what would be the wrong thing for a merchant to do if there was knowledge of a food shortage?
(a) Leave the market.
(b) Lower his prices.
(c) Increase his prices.
(d) Give away food.

2. How does Cicero say a man can balance advantages and rightness?
(a) By going to the oracle.
(b) By always considering his advantages first.
(c) By asking Cicero.
(d) By always doing the right thing.

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

4. What was the former position of Antony's father-in-law?
(a) Senator.
(b) Slave.
(c) Praetor.
(d) General.

5. What examples does Cicero use to illustrate hard moral cases?
(a) Good men stealing from good men.
(b) Good men stealing from bad or useless men.
(c) Bad men stealing from good men.
(d) Bad men stealing from useless men.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to Curio's friend after Antony's election as augur?

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

4. What would have benefited Antony had he visited Cicero's home?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cicero say about Antonius' character?

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

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

4. According to Cicero, how was his consulship compared to Antonius'?

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

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

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

8. Whose murder does Antonius accuse Cicero of committing?

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

10. What does Antonius blame on Cicero in an effort to discredit him?

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