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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. The invisible man should listen to ___________.
(a) His true good.
(b) The law.
(c) The oracle.
(d) His friends.

2. Why would it be an advantage for a merchant to arrive early at a market during a food shortage?
(a) To take advantage of the high demand.
(b) To have a better spot.
(c) To block the access to the other merchant.
(d) To return home early.

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

4. Which of Antony's accusations does Cicero find the most serious?
(a) Cicero started the feud between them.
(b) The Roman Senate is corrupt.
(c) Antony started the feud between them.
(d) The people of Rome hate Cicero.

5. What would explain Antony trying to put Cicero at odds with the Senate?
(a) He wants to ban Cicero from Rome.
(b) He wants to disband the Senate.
(c) He wants to take Cicero's place in the Senate.
(d) He wants to compete with Cicero as a speaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Catiline's main quality according to Cicero?

2. Cicero states that men shouldn't covet __________.

3. In the second section of A Practical Code of Behavior, what does Cicero argue cannot be weighed against advantage?

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 does Cicero think cannot be done by Antony?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose murder does Antonius accuse Cicero of committing?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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