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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What needs to exist between friends to ensure a permanence of friendship, according to Laelius?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Similarity.
(c) Opposition.
(d) Commonalities.

2. How many tones does the harmony contain, in "The Dream of Scipio"?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

3. What do the orbits of the planets produce, in "The Dream of Scipio"?
(a) A conection of spirits.
(b) Peace.
(c) A pretty path.
(d) A cosmic harmony.

4. When did Laelius's friend die in relation to when Cicero wrote "Laelius: On Friendship"?
(a) A few years after he wrote it.
(b) While he was writing it.
(c) 150 or 140 years prior.
(d) A few years before he wrote it.

5. Where are the other men involved located, during the dialogue of "On the Orator"?
(a) The Roman Forum.
(b) The Pantheon.
(c) The Colloseum.
(d) Tusculum.

6. Who does Laelius argue friendship is only possible for?
(a) Children.
(b) Bad men.
(c) Good men.
(d) Women.

7. What does Crassus compare oratory to?
(a) Singing.
(b) Concerts.
(c) Theatre.
(d) Legal practice.

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

9. According to "Laelius: On Friendship," when should a person make the decision to keep a friend?
(a) After that friend is mean.
(b) When one is sound and rational.
(c) After full mental and physical maturity.
(d) After that friend has three strikes.

10. What does "Laelius: On Friendship" concern itself with?
(a) Laelius's meditation of his legendary friendship.
(b) What makes a friend a friend.
(c) Cicero's concept of friendship.
(d) Laelius's idea of friendship.

11. What does Crassus argue great orators cannot restrict themselves to?
(a) The Pantheon.
(b) Courts.
(c) The Forum.
(d) Oratory.

12. According to "On the Orator," who thought about the skill of oratory and rhetoric?
(a) Greek leaders.
(b) Great Greek and Roman thinkers.
(c) Greek and Roman leaders.
(d) Roman Catholics.

13. What must the apprentice orator do?
(a) Research.
(b) Take voice lessons.
(c) Practice in front of groups.
(d) Study.

14. What is Scipio mesmerized by the sight of?
(a) Earth.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Mars.
(d) The oceans.

15. Who was Laelius friends with?
(a) Scipio Africa.
(b) Scipio Africanus.
(c) Dante.
(d) Cicero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the length like of "Dream of Scipio"?

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

3. Who does Laelius argue needs friends the most?

4. What does reciprocity suggest about friendship, according to "Laelius: On Friendship"?

5. According to Laelius, how is friendship formed?

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