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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Nero think the decision about the conspirators' sentence should be made?
(a) Before Catiline was captured or killed.
(b) After Catiline was captured or killed.
(c) In two weeks.
(d) In one week.

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

3. What did Cicero tell the Romans happened to the conspirators that had been caught?
(a) They were under arrest.
(b) They were in an undisclosed location.
(c) They were cooperating with the capture of Catiline.
(d) They were exiled.

4. What did Cicero use to surround the senate while presenting his evidence against Catiline in Chapter 6?
(a) A wall.
(b) An armed guard.
(c) Several senators.
(d) The Roman army.

5. What did some think Cicero might have been trying to maintain by giving Pro Marcello?
(a) His position in the senate.
(b) His reputation as an orator.
(c) His general status in Rome.
(d) His influence in designing new laws.

6. After making his case in support of giving the death penalty to the conspirators, what did Cicero say he would do in response to whatever the senate decided?
(a) Give another speech the next day.
(b) Take responsibility for it.
(c) Ensure that justice was served.
(d) Challenge it if he did not agree.

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

8. How did Catiline leave the senate chamber in Chapter 5?
(a) He was pushed out.
(b) He was carried out.
(c) He walked.
(d) He ran.

9. What did Catiline point out about Cicero's family in Chapter 5?
(a) They did not agree with Cicero's positions.
(b) They did not have the wealth that many thought.
(c) They were not originally plebeian.
(d) They were not originally patrician.

10. Based on the thwarted conspiracy, Cicero thought the city should be ______________.
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Jubilant.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Angry.

11. What did Cicero ask of the crowd in Chapter 5?
(a) Not to follow Catiline.
(b) Not to allow Catiline back into Rome.
(c) Not to blame him for apprehending Catiline.
(d) Not to condemn Catiline before they heard the facts.

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

13. When did Cicero tell the people at the forum about Catiline's conspiracy?
(a) The day after the senate meeting.
(b) Two days after the senate meeting.
(c) The morning after the senate meeting.
(d) The night of the senate meeting.

14. According to Cicero in Chapter 5, what was clear about Catiline?
(a) He was a criminal and a traitor.
(b) He was a criminal and a fraud.
(c) He was a criminal, a traitor, and a fraud.
(d) He was a traitor and a fraud.

15. Why did Cicero not consider the group of unruly destitute followers of Catiline to be a threat?
(a) They were not smart.
(b) They were too lazy.
(c) They were too predictable.
(d) They were not reliable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although the crisis was still active when Cicero gave his speech to the Romans in Chapter 6, when did he say it would be over?

2. Which one of the following best represents Cicero's description of Caesar's military glory?

3. How soon after Catiline left the senate chamber did Cicero give In Catilinam II?

4. According to some interpretations, how was Cicero trying to cause the return of republican liberties with his Pro Marcello speech?

5. What inconsistency did Cicero point out about Caesar's position?

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