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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. How many virtues does Cicero argue moral goodness is comprised of?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. According to "On Duties," how do people find theft by the state?
(a) Outrageous.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Absurd.
(d) Unjust.

3. What are external goods merely considered to be by Cicero?
(a) Necessary to happiness.
(b) Unpreferables.
(c) Indifferents.
(d) Preferables.

4. What did Cicero believe applied to every human, according to Grant?
(a) The golden rule.
(b) The natural law.
(c) Ability to forgive.
(d) The ration to love others.

5. What two types of men cannot be friends, according to Laelius?
(a) Good and bad.
(b) Giving and selfish.
(c) Good and poor.
(d) Rich and poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Laelius, what is friendship in accord with?

2. According to Cicero, what can one NOT be without being intelligent?

3. What does "On The Orator "concern itself with?

4. What type of interest did the Romans have towards philosophy, according to Grant?

5. What must the apprentice orator do?

(see the answer key)

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