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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sallust view the body?
(a) As a brutal, destructive force.
(b) As a weak part of humans.
(c) As a beautiful gift from God.
(d) As the best part of a nation.

2. What does Catiline say he will do if he is head of the government?
(a) End debt and the greed of the wealthy.
(b) Lower taxes.
(c) Create a new empire.
(d) End slavery.

3. What type of people in general, did Sallust say the army had?
(a) Alturistic people.
(b) Power hungry people.
(c) People who wanted to serve.
(d) Patriotic people.

4. Why did Sallust become a writer?
(a) He did not want to waste his life.
(b) He wanted to make Catiline famous.
(c) He was too old to do anything else.
(d) He wanted to stir up the people.

5. How did Catiline's constituency end up the way it did?
(a) Catiline abused his power.
(b) There was a drought in his district.
(c) They were considered uncouth.
(d) They had a monopoly on a gold mine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Volturcius arrested?

2. Who do Catiline's followers plan to lure to the city gate?

3. What is Cicero told to do about the Catiline situation?

4. What does Cicero do with the conspirators he has in custody?

5. With whom does Quintus Curius have a relationship?

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