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

2. What are goodness and right?
(a) Synonymous.
(b) Antonymous.
(c) Homonyms.
(d) Never used together.

3. What does Cicero say never advances the interests of an individual?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Greed.
(c) Coveting.
(d) Judges.

4. Why did Cicero ironically think Antony broke off the relationship with him?
(a) To please Cicero's old enemies.
(b) To make friends in disreputable circles.
(c) To make friends in reputable circles.
(d) To make friends of judges.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosophy does Panaetius follow?

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

3. In the second section of A Practical Code of Behavior, who can see how goodness and rightness are related?

4. The invisible man should listen to ___________.

5. According to certain people, what can excuse wrong doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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