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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Celer do about Catiline?
(a) He has nothing to do with Catiline's fight.
(b) He assassinates Catiline.
(c) He slips behind Catiline to block his retreat.
(d) He joins Catiline.

4. What happens to Cneuis Piso?
(a) He breaks his leg.
(b) He is sent to Russia.
(c) Nothing happens to Piso.
(d) He is murdered.

5. Where does Petreius first attack Catiline?
(a) On the left flank.
(b) On the right flank.
(c) From the rear.
(d) Down the center.

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

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

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

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

10. What does Catiline do to attract people to his cause?
(a) Buy them gifts and send them mistresses.
(b) Promise them to listen to what they want.
(c) Promise them a position in his government.
(d) Give them land.

11. What does Petreius do after Catiline starts to attack?
(a) Sends in an assassin for Catiline.
(b) Calls for Catiline's surrender.
(c) Changes his strategy.
(d) He does nothing but contine as he was.

12. Why was the early Roman society morally sound?
(a) It was healthier.
(b) Natural inclination.
(c) A repressive religion.
(d) An oppressive government.

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

14. What do the people in question #55 do after Catiline leaves them?
(a) Disclose his request to Rome.
(b) Send their best warriors to Rome.
(c) Get ready for war.
(d) Nothing, it is of no concern to them.

15. Why does an empire need to have an emphasis on the mind?
(a) The government has to educate the people.
(b) The government would be constantly changing without it.
(c) There is so much paperwork.
(d) The government has to be smarter than the slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there a public voting for another consul?

2. What does Catiline say he will do if he is head of the government?

3. What is Cicero having a difficult time doing related to Manilos?

4. Why did Sallust become a writer?

5. Where does Cicero work?

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