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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 Laelius, what is friendship in accord with?
(a) Love.
(b) Religion.
(c) Respect.
(d) Nature.

2. What did Cicero resist being identified with, according to Grant?
(a) Anyone religion.
(b) Any one school of philosphy.
(c) Any woman.
(d) Dogmatism.

3. According to Cicero, what will breed resentment in a ruler's subjects?
(a) Unjust behavior.
(b) Theft.
(c) Power.
(d) Dishonor.

4. In "On Duties," which book is only reproduced in this particular selection of readings?
(a) Book I.
(b) Book IV.
(c) Book II.
(d) Book III.

5. Who takes the dictatorial control in "Laelius: On Friendship"?
(a) Marcus Antonius.
(b) Cassius.
(c) Crassus.
(d) Brutus.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Laelius, what two things should be avoided in friendship?

2. What group believed happiness is the enjoyment of pleasure and the avoidance of pain?

3. What question does Cicero ask his brother, concerning what great oratory requires?

4. Who was Cicero worried about, according to the introduction?

5. According to "On the Orator," who thought about the skill of oratory and rhetoric?

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