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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. How did Cicero describe Caesar's accomplishments?
(a) Almost greater than can be understood.
(b) Greater than can be understood.
(c) Greater than most expected.
(d) Not as great as most expected.

2. What complaint did some have about Cicero that was proven to be false?
(a) Cicero fabricated the charges against Catiline.
(b) Cicero's issues with Catiline were personal.
(c) Cicero pushed Catiline into exile.
(d) Cicero was not being fair to Catiline.

3. What did Cicero think about Caesar's proposal of life imprisonment for the conspirators?
(a) It was confusing.
(b) It was amusing.
(c) It was irresponsible.
(d) It was unworkable.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. In the Fourth Catilinam, when did Cicero request a decision from the senate about the sentencing of the conspirators?

5. What did Cicero admit about his exile in Pro Marcello?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Catiline respond to In Catilinam I?

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

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

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

6. What were some of the reasons why Cicero might have decided to give Pro Marcello?

7. Which one of Caesar's statements troubled Cicero in Chapter 8?

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

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

10. How did Cicero end In Catilinam III, and what instructions did he give to the Romans?

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