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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many people wonder about Cicero's Pro Marcello speech?

2. What did debtors hope would happen by aligning themselves with Catiline?

3. What type of influence did the senate have when Cicero gave Pro Marcello?

4. How long after the Second Catilinam was the Third Catilinam given?

5. In the Fourth Catilinam, what did Cicero tell the senate was the utmost priority?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Cicero refuse to accept a reward for saving Rome from Catiline?

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

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

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

5. How did Catiline respond to In Catilinam I?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the six different groups of followers that Catiline had that Cicero spoke about in his speech, In Catilinam II. Which groups posed the biggest threat to Rome? Which groups were the least dangerous? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Hortensius was a well known lawyer during Cicero's time, and the two were rivals on more than one occasion.

1) Describe Hortensius' background, his reputation, and what he was known for.

2) Explain at least two different circumstances in which Cicero and Hortensius were political opponents.

3) Analyze Cicero's advice to Hortensius at the end of In Verrem II.5 and what Cicero was trying to accomplish by addressing Hortensius directly.

Essay Topic 3

In Catilinam I was given after Cicero discovered a conspiracy to overtake Rome.

1) Describe three events that inspired Cicero to write and give In Catilinam I.

2) Explain Cicero's strategy for defeating Catiline as it was mentioned in his first speech against him.

3) Analyze why Catiline was not executed before In Catilinam I, Cicero's opinions about the issue, and how he responded to the criticism surrounding it.

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