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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who names Marcus Crassus as a conspirator?
(a) Cicero.
(b) Cato.
(c) Catiline.
(d) Tarquinious.

2. What does Sallust say allowed Catiline to increase his power?
(a) An uneducated public.
(b)
(c) A corrupt society.
(d) A government that was too large.

3. When did greed take over society, according to Sallust?
(a) When the empire was too old.
(b) When the prince's died in battle.
(c) When the empire became too big.
(d) When Catiline took over.

4. Why did the government become unsupportable?
(a) Society morals disintegrated.
(b) The government became too big.
(c) The civilization became too big.
(d) Belief in God died.

5. How do the people in the Senate feel towards Catiline when he enters the Senate?
(a) Anger.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people in question #55 do after Catiline leaves them?

2. What does the Senate do about Catiline after Catulus reads a letter from him?

3. To whom does Catiline go for allies?

4. What did Lucius Sylla to with the army?

5. What does Sallust say the prince's way of life promoted?

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