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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will the law always imperfectly mirror according to Cicero?
(a) Dishonesty.
(b) Justice.
(c) Greed.
(d) The human condition.

2. What does Cicero argue about those who think that doing wrong is to their advantage?
(a) They can't escape justice.
(b) They are everywhere.
(c) They were wrong.
(d) They were right.

3. What does justice demand of individuals?
(a) Clarity of mind.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Money.
(d) Intelligence.

4. How does Cicero say a man can balance advantages and rightness?
(a) By always considering his advantages first.
(b) By asking Cicero.
(c) By always doing the right thing.
(d) By going to the oracle.

5. Who is modeling his actions after Rome's past enemies?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Antony.
(c) Verres.
(d) Marcus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What examples does Cicero use to illustrate hard moral cases?

2. What are goodness and right?

3. What does Cicero say never advances the interests of an individual?

4. Who rescued the Senate from annihilation according to Cicero?

5. According to Cicero in Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, The Second Philippic against Antony, what did Rome's enemies have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Cicero, how does Antonius display his corruption?

2. What proof does Antonius use against Cicero when he tries to connect him to the murder of Caesar?

3. What does Antonius blame on Cicero in an effort to discredit him?

4. What does Cicero argue men should not do in the third section of A Practical Code of Behavior?

5. What do the Stoics and the Peripatetics think of the right and the advantage?

6. What would not be blame worthy in the fourth section of A Practical Code of Behavior?

7. At the end of Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, what does Cicero say he wants for himself and Rome?

8. What are the three questions Cicero analyzes in the first section of A Practical Code of Behavior?

9. In Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, what excuse does Antonius use to justify his attack on Cicero?

10. According to Cicero in section five of A Practical Code of Behavior, what should the invisible man do?

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