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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conspiracy of Catiline XXV-XXXVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Senate do about Catiline after Catulus reads a letter from him?
(a) Arrest his wife and children.
(b) Arrest him and hang him.
(c) Declare him an enemy of the state.
(d) Call him in for elections.

2. What does he tell his followers to carry at all times?
(a) Carrier pigeons.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Food and water.
(d) Letters from him.

3. Why does an empire need to have an emphasis on the mind?
(a) The government has to be smarter than the slaves.
(b) There is so much paperwork.
(c) The government would be constantly changing without it.
(d) The government has to educate the people.

4. What is Cicero having a difficult time doing related to Manilos?
(a) Convincing him to be on Cicero's side.
(b) Getting his permission to marry his sister.
(c) Finding him.
(d) Getting good intelligence.

5. What does Cicero decide to do about what he knows?
(a) Go to Africa until it blows over.
(b) Go to the Senate.
(c) Raise an army.
(d) Send out assassins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people in the Senate feel towards Catiline when he enters the Senate?

2. What is Manilos doing in Etrupia?

3. For what does Sallust say the mind is needed in war?

4. What does Catiline think is the best way to advance one's ambitions?

5. How does Sallust view the body?

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