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

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

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

4. Why did the senate apologize to Cicero after hearing the evidence against Catiline?
(a) For not listening to him earlier.
(b) For allowing Catiline to escape.
(c) For not understanding the evidence.
(d) For filing charges against the wrong person.

5. How did the public respond to Cicero's speech about Catiline in Chapter 6?
(a) They were very surprised.
(b) They apologized to Cicero.
(c) They could not understand what he was saying.
(d) They turned against Catiline.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Catiline leave the senate chamber in Chapter 5?

2. What did Cicero think about Caesar's proposal of life imprisonment for the conspirators?

3. As stated by Cicero in Chapter 5, what is even harder to do than run a country?

4. Which one of the following was not included in the description that Cicero gave for the men that remained loyal to Catiline because of his past?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Catiline do as he was leaving the senate in Chapter 5, and what was Cicero's response?

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

5. What was the theory about Caesar's position at the senate debate and his political ambitions?

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

7. How did Cicero describe his exile in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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