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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Cicero react to what Caesar had done to the republic during his isolation?
(a) He was surprised.
(b) He was horrified.
(c) He was confused.
(d) He was ambivalent.

2. How did Caesar's position about the conspirators seem to benefit him at the time?
(a) Only politically.
(b) Both politically and publicly.
(c) Neither politically nor publicly.
(d) Only publicly.

3. How did Cicero categorize Caesar's indication that his life was measured by his own personal achievements rather than the good of the country?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Senseless.
(c) Madness.
(d) Unforgivable.

4. How many different types of corrupt groups were there that supported Catiline?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

5. What position did Silanus have?
(a) Aedile.
(b) Tribune.
(c) Praetor.
(d) Consul-elect.

6. Why did Cicero think the threat of Catiline forming an army against Rome was a possibility?
(a) Catiline had supporters within the Roman army.
(b) Catiline had supporters outside of the city.
(c) Catiline had supporters within the city.
(d) Catiline had supporters inside as well as outside of the city.

7. What did many people wonder about Cicero's Pro Marcello speech?
(a) Why Cicero waited so long to give it.
(b) Why it was not longer.
(c) Why it was not shorter.
(d) Why Cicero gave it.

8. What did Cicero advise Caesar to do about the possibility of an attack or assassination?
(a) Try to understand why the possubility exists.
(b) Not to be concerned with why the possibility exists.
(c) Not take the possibility seriously.
(d) Take the possibility seriously.

9. What did Cicero think should happen to the group of criminals that supported Catiline?
(a) They should be exiled.
(b) They should be killed.
(c) They should be questioned.
(d) They should be imprisoned.

10. What happened to remove all doubt of Catiline's guilt?
(a) Catiline planned a meeting of his supporters.
(b) Catline sent a written confession in a letter to a supporter.
(c) Catiline refused to appear at the second hearing.
(d) Catiline reached an ally's camp.

11. What was made clear about Cicero's Pro Marcello speech?
(a) It was not directed towards Caesar.
(b) It was not directed towards the senate.
(c) It was a defense.
(d) It was not a defense.

12. Which of the following was part of the decree thanking Cicero for proving Catiline's guilt to the senate?
(a) He should be named as the head of the consul.
(b) He should remain in office indefinitely.
(c) He had uncovered more criminal plots than anyone else.
(d) He and his allies saved Rome.

13. Who was responsible for exonerating Cicero from exile?
(a) The senate.
(b) Marcellus.
(c) Caesar.
(d) A member of the consul.

14. What did debtors hope would happen by aligning themselves with Catiline?
(a) They would gain enough money from Catiline's power to pay their debts.
(b) Their debt would be alleviated, and they would gain power.
(c) They would gain power.
(d) Their debt would be alleviated.

15. Which of the following terms did Catiline use to insult Cicero?
(a) Trespasser.
(b) Squatter.
(c) Homesteader.
(d) Drifter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Fourth Catilinam, what did Cicero tell the senate was the utmost priority?

2. How did Cicero explain that the death penalty for the conspirators would not be illegal?

3. Where were the conspirators when the senate debated their sentence in Chapter 7?

4. How did Catiline respond to Cicero in Chapter 5?

5. Where did Cicero find the evidence against Catiline and the conspirators?

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