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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 do after he leaves the Senate?
(a) Go to Spain.
(b) Go see his wife.
(c) Go to Manilus.
(d) Begin to raise an army in Rome.

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

3. What does Catiline promise the Senate?
(a) To support it.
(b) To sow seeds of discontent.
(c) To become head of it.
(d) To burn it down.

4. What does Catiline plan to do eventually in Rome?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Be elected emperor.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Conquer it.

5. What is Catiline doing that is akin to revolution, according to Sallust?
(a) Arming the masses.
(b) Taking from the wealthy and giving to the poor.
(c) Getting criminals, youngsters and the poor on his side.
(d) Killing off important people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lucius Sylla to with the army?

2. How does Sallust view the body?

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

4. Who does not like Catiline's plans for Cicero?

5. What does Sallust say wise leaders did in the beginning of the nation?

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