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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conspiracy of Catiline L-LXI.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Catiline plan to do eventually in Rome?
(a) Conquer it.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Be elected emperor.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Catiline do to attract people to his cause?
(a) Promise them to listen to what they want.
(b) Give them land.
(c) Promise them a position in his government.
(d) Buy them gifts and send them mistresses.

4. What is Cicero told to do about the Catiline situation?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Call for a vote in the consulars.
(c) Prevent damage to the Commonwealth.
(d) Kill Catiline.

5. What does Sallust say is one of the main differences between Catiline and Cicero?
(a) Catiline knew how to delegate tasks.
(b) Catiline was calm and intellectual.
(c) Cicero was full of passion and brutality.
(d) Cicero was calm and intellectual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment does Cato argue for the conspirators?

2. Into what type of family was Catiline born?

3. Who is marching towards Catiline and his army?

4. Why does an empire need to have an emphasis on the mind?

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

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