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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which one of the following is the main purpose of Cicero's Pro Marcello speech?
(a) To convince Caesar to pardon Marcellus.
(b) To talk about the rules of the Republic.
(c) To thank Caesar for pardoning Marcellus.
(d) To restore the rules of the Republic.

3. 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) Ensure that justice was served.
(b) Take responsibility for it.
(c) Give another speech the next day.
(d) Challenge it if he did not agree.

4. How soon after Catiline left the senate chamber did Cicero give In Catilinam II?
(a) The next day.
(b) Two days later.
(c) The next week.
(d) Three days later.

5. As pointed out in the senate debate, what might have made the execution of the conspirators illegal?
(a) They were not arrested properly.
(b) They were just following Catiline's orders.
(c) They did not confess to the crimes.
(d) They were not given a trial.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the public respond to Cicero's speech about Catiline in Chapter 6?

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

3. Which of the following consul-elects agreed with Silanus about sentencing the conspirators to death?

4. Where did Caesar suggest the conspirators be imprisoned in Chapter 7?

5. How did Cicero describe Caesar's accomplishments?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the six co-conspirators that Cicero discovered in Chapter 6?

2. What was Silanus' position during the senate's debate, and who agreed with him?

3. Why did Cicero advise Caesar to take the threat of an assassination seriously?

4. When and where did Cicero give In Catilinam III?

5. What were the differences between the two types of debtors that followed Catiline?

6. What did Cicero say about the senate's decision at the end of In Catilinam IV?

7. How long had Cicero been exiled for before he gave Pro Marcello? What happened to Rome while he was away?

8. How did Catiline respond to In Catilinam I?

9. What removed any doubt of Catiline's guilt, and how did Cicero collect evidence against him?

10. How did Cicero describe Catiline and the threat he posed to Rome in In Catilinam II?

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