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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Practical Code of Behavior, On Duties, III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What level does the duty of becoming wiser and better occupy, according to Cicero's arguments?
(a) Low.
(b) High.
(c) Middle.
(d) First.

2. To whom did Cicero send the third letter?
(a) Caesar.
(b) His wife.
(c) Verres.
(d) Pompey.

3. What does Cicero wish philosophy will be to Scipio's son?
(a) Fruitful and annoying.
(b) Rewarding and profitable.
(c) Fruitful and rewarding.
(d) Annoying and profitable.

4. What consul, in particular, is Cicero happy with according to the twenty-third letter?
(a) Octavian.
(b) Lucius plancus.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Brutus.

5. What philosophy does Panaetius follow?
(a) Patetic.
(b) Elitist.
(c) Stoics.
(d) Peripatetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interprets right as the only good according to Cicero?

2. What is Cicero's wife's name, as noted in his third letter?

3. Why would it be an advantage for a merchant to arrive early at a market during a food shortage?

4. What post does Cicero say he is being offered in his third letter?

5. With whom does Cicero say Rome could be at war?

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