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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 some think Cicero might have been trying to maintain by giving Pro Marcello?
(a) His influence in designing new laws.
(b) His position in the senate.
(c) His general status in Rome.
(d) His reputation as an orator.

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

3. What inconsistency did Cicero point out about Caesar's position?
(a) Caesar repeatedly misquoted the law he was referring to.
(b) Life imprisonment would be worse than death for the conspirators.
(c) Caesar had previously voted for the death penalty in a similar case.
(d) Caesar did not request a fair trial for imprisonment.

4. Why did Cicero not consider the group of unruly destitute followers of Catiline to be a threat?
(a) They were too lazy.
(b) They were not smart.
(c) They were not reliable.
(d) They were too predictable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Silanus have?

2. When did Cicero tell the people at the forum about Catiline's conspiracy?

3. Which one of the following is the main purpose of Cicero's Pro Marcello speech?

4. What did Cicero use to surround the senate while presenting his evidence against Catiline in Chapter 6?

5. What was made clear about Cicero's Pro Marcello speech?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Which inconsistency did Cicero reveal about Caesar's suggestion in the Fourth Catilinam?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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