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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conspiracy of Catiline XXV-XXXVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happened with Catiline's constituency?
(a) They were ignored by others.
(b) They were starving.
(c) They became power hungry.
(d) They became very wealthy.

4. What did Lucius Sylla to with the army?
(a) Over indulged the soldiers.
(b) Made it too big.
(c) Downsized it.
(d) Disciplined it radically.

5. What does Catiline plan to do about Cicero?
(a) Make him an advisor.
(b) Enlist him in his cause.
(c) Exile him.
(d) Assassinate him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Catiline begins to attract to his side?

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

4. What happens to Cneuis Piso?

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

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