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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: On the Orator.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Stoics, what was the faculty that was unique to humans?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Rational.
(c) Reason.
(d) Thought.

2. According to "On the Orator," what does the orator possess even in battle?
(a) Little power.
(b) The ability to connect.
(c) Great power.
(d) The ability to motivate.

3. How does the argument in "Discussions at Tusculum" begin?
(a) With Cicero talking to himself.
(b) With a description of the river.
(c) With his friend asking Cicero a question.
(d) With Cicero talking to Brutus.

4. What must the ruler maintain, according to Cicero?
(a) Order.
(b) Justice.
(c) Balance between powers.
(d) Equality before law.

5. According to "Discussions at Tusculum," what did all Greek schools of philosophy agree on?
(a) That good lives cannot exist.
(b) That good lives require posessions.
(c) That good lives require being morally good.
(d) That good lives require friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are neutral things considered to be, according to Cicero?

2. According to Cicero, what will breed resentment in a ruler's subjects?

3. How many principles does Cicero list that govern the performances of our obligations?

4. What are external goods merely considered to be by Cicero?

5. What does Cicero argue the art of oratory requires?

(see the answer key)

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