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

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

3. What does Cicero argue about those who think that doing wrong is to their advantage?
(a) They are everywhere.
(b) They were wrong.
(c) They can't escape justice.
(d) They were right.

4. In the second section of A Practical Code of Behavior, what does Cicero argue cannot be weighed against advantage?
(a) Justice.
(b) Inconvenience.
(c) Law.
(d) Ideal right.

5. According to Cicero, whose ideal is "to live consistently with nature"?
(a) Senators.
(b) Stoics.
(c) Realists.
(d) Jurists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bore a resemblance to wise men, but were not according to Cicero?

2. What does Cicero wish philosophy will be to Scipio's son?

3. How does Cicero say a man can balance advantages and rightness?

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

5. What favor did Cicero acknowledge Antony did for him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. To some in section eight of A Practical Code of Behavior, how is it possible to excuse wrongdoing?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Whose murder does Antonius accuse Cicero of committing?

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

10. Who was left in charge of Rome during Caesar's absence, and how did that person fair?

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