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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conspiracy of Catiline XIII-XXIV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catiline begins to attract to his side?
(a) Older people.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) Women.
(d) Libertines.

2. What does Sallust say is one of the main differences between Catiline and Cicero?
(a) Cicero was full of passion and brutality.
(b) Cicero was calm and intellectual.
(c) Catiline knew how to delegate tasks.
(d) Catiline was calm and intellectual.

3. Why does an empire need to have an emphasis on the mind?
(a) The government has to be smarter than the slaves.
(b) The government has to educate the people.
(c) The government would be constantly changing without it.
(d) There is so much paperwork.

4. With whom does Quintus Curius have a relationship?
(a) Fulvia.
(b) Shaphia.
(c) Sieria.
(d) Penelope.

5. What does Sallust say is the result of people wanting their own merits celebrated rather then to record others' merits?
(a) People began fighting for recognition.
(b) Celebrities were more imporatant than leaders.
(c) Romans do not have great literature.
(d) The society became weaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the early Roman society morally sound?

2. What does Sallust say wise leaders did in the beginning of the nation?

3. What does Sallust say allowed Catiline to increase his power?

4. What is Catiline doing that is akin to revolution, according to Sallust?

5. Sallust claims his writing is not totally accurate because of this.

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