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

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

3. When was the Fourth Catilinam given?
(a) Five weeks after the Third Catilinam.
(b) Two days after the Third Catilinam.
(c) Two weeks after the Third Catilinam.
(d) Five days after the Third Catilinam.

4. 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?
(a) Never.
(b) He was not sure.
(c) Soon.
(d) After a long while.

5. Where did Cicero find the evidence against Catiline and the conspirators?
(a) In a completely different region.
(b) An unknown source.
(c) Just outside of the city.
(d) Within the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did some think Cicero might have been trying to maintain by giving Pro Marcello?

2. Why did the senate apologize to Cicero after hearing the evidence against Catiline?

3. What complaint did some have about Cicero that was proven to be false?

4. How many of Catiline's co-conspirators managed to escape after Cicero ordered them to be brought to him?

5. What did Cicero tell the Romans happened to the conspirators that had been caught?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Catiline respond to In Catilinam I?

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

4. Which of Catiline's followers did Cicero think were not a serious threat, and which other group of followers did he think should be killed?

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

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

7. How did Cicero refute the claim that executing the co-conspirators was illegal?

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

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

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

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