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

2. What happens to Cneuis Piso?
(a) He is sent to Russia.
(b) Nothing happens to Piso.
(c) He breaks his leg.
(d) He is murdered.

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

4. How does Sallust feel about the answer to question #35?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Depression.
(c) Begrudging respect.
(d) Anger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does an empire need to have an emphasis on the mind?

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

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

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

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

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