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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 think the Roman people would react to sentencing the conspirators to death?
(a) They would neither support it nor understand it.
(b) They might not support it, but they would understand it.
(c) They would support it instantly.
(d) They would support it eventually.

2. How many of Catiline's co-conspirators managed to escape after Cicero ordered them to be brought to him?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

3. How did Caesar's position about the conspirators seem to benefit him at the time?
(a) Only publicly.
(b) Both politically and publicly.
(c) Only politically.
(d) Neither politically nor publicly.

4. Who was responsible for exonerating Cicero from exile?
(a) Caesar.
(b) The senate.
(c) A member of the consul.
(d) Marcellus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cicero ask of the crowd in Chapter 5?

2. What promise did Cicero make to the citizens of Rome at the end of Chapter 5?

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

4. Why did Caesar think that the death penalty should not be applied to the conspirators?

5. How many different types of corrupt groups were there that supported Catiline?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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