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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 plan to do with Cneuis Piso?
(a) He plans for him to take over the two Spains.
(b) He plans to assassinate him.
(c) He plans to have him marry his daughter.
(d) He plans for him to be Vice Consul.

2. What two groups came together to form Rome?
(a) The Britons and the Celts.
(b) The Italians and the Germanic Tribes.
(c) The Trojans and Aborigines.
(d) The Carthaginians and the Druids.

3. How did Catiline's constituency end up the way it did?
(a) Catiline abused his power.
(b) There was a drought in his district.
(c) They were considered uncouth.
(d) They had a monopoly on a gold mine.

4. Who does Sallust say Piso treated harshly?
(a) Catiline.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The Barbarians.
(d) Cicero.

5. Why did Sallust become a writer?
(a) He was too old to do anything else.
(b) He wanted to make Catiline famous.
(c) He did not want to waste his life.
(d) He wanted to stir up the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catiline do to attract people to his cause?

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

3. When did greed take over society, according to Sallust?

4. How does Sallust feel about the answer to question #35?

5. Why does Jugurtha easily bribe members of government?

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