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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Cato the Elder on Old Age, On Old Age.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Cicero in his fourth argument, what position did Verres occupy when he embezzled public money and abandoned his province?
(a) Praetor.
(b) Proquaestor.
(c) Quaestor.
(d) Consul.

2. Where was Cicero going when he wrote the second letter?
(a) To Epirus.
(b) To Cartage.
(c) To Rome.
(d) To Vilnius.

3. What does Cicero say might sometimes be in the advantage of a country?
(a) Signing a treaty.
(b) Breaking a treaty.
(c) Electing dishonest officials.
(d) Going to war.

4. What virtue does Cicero hope Marcus Glabrio inherited from his father?
(a) Resisting audacious men.
(b) Staying sober.
(c) Physical strength.
(d) Financial planning.

5. What does Cato no longer focus on during parties?
(a) Politics and the law.
(b) Food and drink.
(c) Senators and politics.
(d) Women and drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What definition does Cicero give of a sharp practice?

2. To whom did Cicero write the second letter?

3. Who is the recipient of the fifteenth letter in Cicero's Life and Letters?

4. What does Cato say about the liberation of youthful pleasures?

5. What does Cicero argue can be broken in section nine?

(see the answer key)

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