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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Cicero say never advances the interests of an individual?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Greed.
(c) Coveting.
(d) Judges.
2. Cicero argues that ___________ is unnatural.
(a) Doing right.
(b) Lying.
(c) Doing wrong.
(d) Stealing.
3. According to Cicero, whose ideal is "to live consistently with nature"?
(a) Senators.
(b) Realists.
(c) Stoics.
(d) Jurists.
4. What does Cicero think cannot be done by Antony?
(a) Disparage Cicero in front of the senate.
(b) Accuse Cicero of a false crime.
(c) Banish Cicero.
(d) Disparage Cicero in front of the tribune.
5. Whom does Cicero believe became the conqueror's chief gangster?
(a) Curio.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Verres.
(d) Antony.
6. According to Cicero, what would be the wrong thing for a merchant to do if there was knowledge of a food shortage?
(a) Give away food.
(b) Increase his prices.
(c) Leave the market.
(d) Lower his prices.
7. In what spirit does Antony take a step to attack Cicero verbally?
(a) Hate.
(b) Love.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Reprisal.
8. Who is modeling his actions after Rome's past enemies?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Antony.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Verres.
9. Cicero states that men shouldn't covet __________.
(a) Power.
(b) Another's wife.
(c) Money.
(d) One another's goods.
10. What did Ulysses do to avoid military service?
(a) Married.
(b) Simulated madness.
(c) Stopped the war.
(d) Fled the country.
11. What did Anthony claim to have done during the election of the augurship?
(a) To have bought votes.
(b) To have won the election.
(c) To not have participated.
(d) To have retired in Cicero's favor.
12. What argument did Anthony use to justify going after Cicero?
(a) Cicero beat Antony in an election.
(b) Cicero stole from Antony.
(c) Cicero spoke against Antony at a friend's lawsuit.
(d) Cicero married Antony's love interest.
13. What was Catiline's main quality according to Cicero?
(a) Good orator.
(b) Funny.
(c) Unreliable.
(d) Outrageous.
14. What part of society does Cicero analyze in section seven?
(a) The individual.
(b) Social life.
(c) Commerce.
(d) The law.
15. What does one side think of the attitude of the merchant who doesn't tell the other merchants about the food shortage?
(a) Honest.
(b) Deceiving.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Truthful.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Cicero believe can make society fall apart?
2. Why would it be an advantage for a merchant to arrive early at a market during a food shortage?
3. What level does the duty of becoming wiser and better occupy, according to Cicero's arguments?
4. What does justice demand of individuals?
5. The invisible man should listen to ___________.
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