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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cicero think Catilina is recruiting in secret?

2. What does Cato shout in the Senate when asked about Caesar's land bill that would benefit Pompey?

3. Why does Caesar not borrow money from Crassus for his debts?

4. What does Caesar accuse Catalus of?

5. With whom is Julia smitten?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to all the traitors who were in league with Catilina?

2. What causes Catilina to leave Rome?

3. How does Terentia feel about how Caesar treats the Vestal Virgins?

4. How does Cicero find his name on Clodius's revenge list?

5. What is the Senatus Consultum Ultimum?

6. Who does Caesar want in his Triumvirate, and why?

7. Who kills Vittius, and why?

8. Why is Vatinius so grateful to Caesar?

9. What does Servelia call Pompey, and why?

10. What does Caesar ask of Vatinius in return for his gratitude?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the main reasons for the ending of Caesar's marriage with Pompeia, and how did the end of this relationship affect some of the other people in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Aurelia was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

What was Caesar's idea about politics at the end of the book, and what caused this to change? How did this change affect the course of the plot?

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