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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 wish philosophy will be to Scipio's son?
(a) Fruitful and rewarding.
(b) Annoying and profitable.
(c) Rewarding and profitable.
(d) Fruitful and annoying.

2. Cicero states that men shouldn't covet __________.
(a) Power.
(b) One another's goods.
(c) Another's wife.
(d) Money.

3. What favor did Cicero acknowledge Antony did for him?
(a) Antony helped him get elected.
(b) Antony loaned him money.
(c) Antony got him out of jail.
(d) Antony didn't kill him.

4. What differentiated Antony from Cicero's past enemies?
(a) Antony took the initiative against Cicero instead of Cicero going after Antony.
(b) Cicero took the initiative against Antony instead of Antony going after Cicero.
(c) Cicero and Antony physically fought.
(d) Cicero was younger than Antony.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Cicero ironically think Antony broke off the relationship with him?

2. What was Publius Clodius' main quality?

3. Which of Antony's accusations does Cicero find the most serious?

4. How does Cicero characterize robbery?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Cicero accelerate the decline of Caesar, according to Antonius?

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

7. What does Cicero say about Antonius' character?

8. What are the three questions Cicero analyzes in the first section of A Practical Code of Behavior?

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

10. Whose murder does Antonius accuse Cicero of committing?

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