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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cathegus think is the best way to forward the conspiracy?
(a) Follow Catiline to France.
(b) Immediate action.
(c) Kill the entire Senate.
(d) Work covertly behind the scenes.

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

3. What does Catiline think is the best way to advance one's ambitions?
(a) Through war.
(b) By conspiracy.
(c) By assimilation.
(d) By elections.

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

5. What is Cicero having a difficult time doing related to Manilos?
(a) Finding him.
(b) Convincing him to be on Cicero's side.
(c) Getting good intelligence.
(d) Getting his permission to marry his sister.

6. Why did Catiline kill his son?
(a) On the demand of his girlfriend.
(b) He didn't know it was his son.
(c) His son killed his wife.
(d) His son tried to kill him.

7. How did Catiline's constituency end up the way it did?
(a) They were considered uncouth.
(b) They had a monopoly on a gold mine.
(c) There was a drought in his district.
(d) Catiline abused his power.

8. What surprises Petreius about Catiline's attack?
(a) How aggressive it is.
(b) How tactically correct it is.
(c) He is not surprised by anything in Catiline's attack.
(d) How weak it is.

9. 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 was too old to do anything else.
(d) He wanted to make Catiline famous.

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

11. What does Sallust say is the reason Catiline eventually led the battle from the front line?
(a) It stopped his men from running away.
(b) He was able to keep track of the battle better.
(c) He remembered his noble origins.
(d) He was a better fighter then most of his men.

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

13. What do Catiline's followers plan to do with the man in question #59?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Convert him to their cause.
(c) Kidnap him.
(d) Exile him.

14. Who is told about Catiline's plans for Cicero?
(a) Octavio.
(b) Sallust.
(c) Galen.
(d) Fulvia.

15. Where are the enemies of Catiline's army?
(a) Coming up on his right flank.
(b) Surrounding him on two sides.
(c) Too far to stop him from leaving.
(d) He is completely encircled by his enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is marching towards Catiline and his army?

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

3. What does Catiline promise the people in question #55 if they help him?

4. What does Catiline promise the Senate?

5. How does Sallust view the body?

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