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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. What does Cicero argue the art of oratory requires?

2. What is the name of Cicero's brother he writes to?

3. What do the younger men ask Crassus to tell them in "On the Orator"?

4. What does Africanus argue about God, in "The Dream of Scipio"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what sharing does in relation to friendship, according to "Laelius: On Friendship" .

2. Describe when the dialogue of "On the Orator" took place and the importance of the work.

3. Describe how "On the Orator" ends.

4. Where does Scipio go in his dream in Chapter 5?

5. What is the universe made up of, according to "The Dream of Scipio"?

6. Describe the willingness a friend should have, according to "Laelius: On Friendship."

7. Describe the length and history of "The Dream of Scipio."

8. What should people look for in friend according to "Laelius: On Friendship"?

9. What is the difference between kinship and friendship?

10. What is Scipio's connection to God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the Greek's philosophy to the Stoic's philosophy on what makes a good and happy life.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the differences of Crassus' and Scaevola's opinion of what they believe makes a good orator. Explain how Scaevola disproves Crassus' opinion.

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