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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 type of people in general, did Sallust say the army had?
(a) People who wanted to serve.
(b) Alturistic people.
(c) Patriotic people.
(d) Power hungry people.

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

3. What does Catiline say he will do if he is head of the government?
(a) Lower taxes.
(b) End slavery.
(c) End debt and the greed of the wealthy.
(d) Create a new empire.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the government become unsupportable?

2. What does Sallust say is the result of people wanting their own merits celebrated rather then to record others' merits?

3. Into what type of family was Catiline born?

4. For what does Sallust say the mind is needed in war?

5. What happened with Catiline's constituency?

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