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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cicero perceive philosophy under tyranny rule?

2. In what period did Cicero gain great fame?

3. What did Cicero believe the Roman republic should behave like?

4. According to Cicero in "On Duties," what do men need?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What will breed resentment among a ruler's subjects?

2. Describe why Cicero worried about the Roman republic.

3. Describe how Cicero perceived philosophy.

4. What is the importance of stability in external goods, according to "Discussions at Tusculum"?

5. How did Cicero popularize many ideas and with whom?

6. What are 'preferables,' 'unpreferables,' and 'indifferents' according to the Stoics?

7. How did Cicero define the 'recipe' to obtain a stable regime in "On Duties"?

8. How did Cicero contradict the entire first chapter "Discussions at Tusculum"?

9. What are the intellectual goods that bring happiness, according to "Discussions at Tusculum"?

10. What were Cicero's attitudes about human rights?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss what qualities Cicero outlines a good and effective ruler needs to have. Explain how Cicero's outline is a direct response to the condition of the governmental rule of the time in which Cicero writes.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how The Dream of Scipio is unlike any other chapter of "On The Good Life" then compare and contrast how The Dream of Scipio connects to the book's overall theme of virtue and moral goodness.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Cicero's popularity among the public from the time he began writing to the time he stopped. Discuss what made this change of opinion occur.

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