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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. Where were the conspirators when the senate debated their sentence in Chapter 7?
(a) At the senate meeting.
(b) Exiled.
(c) In jail.
(d) It was not revealed.

2. How did Catiline respond to Cicero in Chapter 5?
(a) He claimed that he was innocent.
(b) He accepted the guilt for only some of the charges.
(c) He indicated that Cicero was guilty of the same charges.
(d) He claimed that he was guilty.

3. In the Fourth Catilinam, when did Cicero request a decision from the senate about the sentencing of the conspirators?
(a) At the end of the week.
(b) Before the night.
(c) The next morning.
(d) Immediately.

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

5. Why did Silanus think the death penalty should be given to the conspirators?
(a) It would deter Catiline's other supporters.
(b) It would be a popular decison with the people.
(c) It would cost less than imprisoning them.
(d) It would fit their crimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Cicero think the threat of Catiline forming an army against Rome was a possibility?

2. Which of the following terms did Catiline use to insult Cicero?

3. How did Cicero describe Marcellus in Chapter 8?

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. When was the Fourth Catilinam given?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Cicero depict the older men that followed Catiline?

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

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

4. How did Cicero present the evidence against Catiline and his followers to the senate, and what was their reaction?

5. Why did Caesar disagree with Silanus in Chapter 7? What was his alternate suggestion?

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

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

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

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

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

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