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

2. What would make it right for an honest man to steal from a tyrant to save his life according to Cicero?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Common interest.
(c) Human nature.
(d) Nothing.

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

4. What was Catiline's main quality according to Cicero?
(a) Good orator.
(b) Funny.
(c) Unreliable.
(d) Outrageous.

5. What fate did Rome's enemies share over the past twenty years?
(a) Political functions.
(b) Exile.
(c) Death.
(d) Imprisonment.

6. What did Anthony claim to have done during the election of the augurship?
(a) To have bought votes.
(b) To not have participated.
(c) To have won the election.
(d) To have retired in Cicero's favor.

7. What part of society does Cicero analyze in section seven?
(a) The individual.
(b) Social life.
(c) Commerce.
(d) The law.

8. Who interprets right as the only good according to Cicero?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Panaetius.
(c) Antony.
(d) Curio.

9. What does Cicero say never advances the interests of an individual?
(a) Judges.
(b) Coveting.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Greed.

10. Cicero believed that __________ is a united body.
(a) Society.
(b) The military.
(c) Family.
(d) The judges.

11. What would explain Antony trying to put Cicero at odds with the Senate?
(a) He wants to take Cicero's place in the Senate.
(b) He wants to compete with Cicero as a speaker.
(c) He wants to disband the Senate.
(d) He wants to ban Cicero from Rome.

12. Whom does Cicero call "brave men"?
(a) Two senators.
(b) Two verres.
(c) Two Deciuses.
(d) Two Gurios.

13. Who nominated Cicero for the position of augur?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Verres.
(c) Pompey and Quintus Hortensius.
(d) Gaius Scribonius Curio.

14. What was Publius Clodius' main quality?
(a) Reliable.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Impatient.
(d) Hysterical.

15. Why did Cicero ironically think Antony broke off the relationship with him?
(a) To make friends of judges.
(b) To make friends in reputable circles.
(c) To please Cicero's old enemies.
(d) To make friends in disreputable circles.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero, what is the most serious crime a man can commit?

2. How does Cicero characterize robbery?

3. What impact does sharp practice have on the community?

4. What does Cicero wish philosophy will be to Scipio's son?

5. What was the former position of Antony's father-in-law?

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