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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. Sallust claims his writing is not totally accurate because of this.
(a) Too much time has passed.
(b) Cicero wanted a biased history.
(c) Too many facts have been covered up.
(d) Censors.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catiline say he will do if he is head of the government?

2. Who does Sallust say Piso treated harshly?

3. What does Sallust think a reader of history believes?

4. What does Catiline mix for his followers to drink?

5. According to Sallust, why did men join the army in the early days of Rome?

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