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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Cicero work?
(a) In the merchants' section of Rome.
(b) The solicitation Consul's house.
(c) The Senate building.
(d) At the Roman Court.

3. How does Petreius motivate soldiers?
(a) Offering a take in the bounty on Catiline.
(b) Offering combat wages.
(c) Threatening their families.
(d) Reminding them of past heroics.

4. What does Catiline promise the people in question #55 if they help him?
(a) Their country being free of debt.
(b) Gold and riches.
(c) More land for their nation.
(d) Total freedom from Rome.

5. What does Catiline mix for his followers to drink?
(a) Tea and sugar.
(b) Wine and human blood.
(c) Beer and water.
(d) Wine and water.

6. Where does Petreius attack Catiline after his initial attack?
(a) On the left wing and in the rear.
(b) Across the entire front.
(c) On the left and right wings.
(d) Down the center.

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

8. What troops does the Senate send out?
(a) Octavio and his troops.
(b) Cicero and his troops.
(c) Antonio and his troops.
(d) The Senate guard.

9. How do the people in the Senate feel towards Catiline when he enters the Senate?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Anger.

10. What does Celer do about Catiline?
(a) He slips behind Catiline to block his retreat.
(b) He assassinates Catiline.
(c) He has nothing to do with Catiline's fight.
(d) He joins Catiline.

11. Where does Petreius first attack Catiline?
(a) On the left flank.
(b) Down the center.
(c) From the rear.
(d) On the right flank.

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

13. What did Lucius Sylla to with the army?
(a) Downsized it.
(b) Disciplined it radically.
(c) Over indulged the soldiers.
(d) Made it too big.

14. What does Cicero do with the conspirators he has in custody?
(a) Has them killed.
(b) Takes them to Antonio.
(c) Takes them to the Senate.
(d) Takes them to the Roman Court.

15. For what does Sallust say the mind is needed in war?
(a) To know if a war needs to be fought.
(b) For planning.
(c) To keep the belief in the cause strong.
(d) To understand the enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sallust say is one of the main differences between Catiline and Cicero?

2. What does Catiline plan to do about Cicero?

3. What does Sallust say is the result of people wanting their own merits celebrated rather then to record others' merits?

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

5. What punishment does Cato argue for the conspirators?

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