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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Jugurthine War XIII-XXIV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Lucuis Tarquinious arrested?
(a) On his way to Catiline.
(b) When he is at the public baths.
(c) At the city gates.
(d) When he comes out of his house that morning.

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. How does Sallust view the body?
(a) As a brutal, destructive force.
(b) As a weak part of humans.
(c) As a beautiful gift from God.
(d) As the best part of a nation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Catiline's followers plan to lure to the city gate?

2. What does Sallust say about men's lives and fate in Chapter I-XII?

3. What type of people in general, did Sallust say the army had?

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

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

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