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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. Into what type of family was Catiline born?
(a) Slave family.
(b) A family from another country.
(c) Poor.
(d) Wealthy.

2. What does Catiline plan to do with Lucius Cotta and Lucius Torquatus?
(a) Marry them to his sisters.
(b) Assassinate them.
(c) Make them ambassadors.
(d) Give them high positions in their government.

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

4. How does Sallust view the body?
(a) As a beautiful gift from God.
(b) As a brutal, destructive force.
(c) As a weak part of humans.
(d) As the best part of a nation.

5. Why is there a public voting for another consul?
(a) Cicero found out about the meeting.
(b) Some of the people were horrified about drinking human blood.
(c) The higher consuls were upset about the war.
(d) Curius tells his girlfriend about the meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lucius Sylla to with the army?

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

3. What happened with Catiline's constituency?

4. What does Catiline plan to do with Cneuis Piso?

5. With what does Sallust say his ancestors built great empires?

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