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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Cicero do with the conspirators he has in custody?
(a) Has them killed.
(b) Takes them to the Roman Court.
(c) Takes them to Antonio.
(d) Takes them to the Senate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lucius Sylla to with the army?

2. Who does Cicero arrange to wait under the Milvian Bridge?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what manner did Sylla take over the government and what did he do with the army?

2. What does Catiline say about Volturcius's statements to the Senate, who does he name as a conspirator and how is that accusation handled by the Senate?

3. Where is Catiline going with his army and what does Antonio do about it?

4. What happens when Cicero takes the conspirators to the Senate?

5. What does Sallust say happened because the society was fragile that led to the end of the society?

6. What does Catiline deliver to his men, what do they ask him and what is his response?

7. What does the Senate hear about Manilus and how does it affect Rome?

8. What does Cicero do with some of the conspirators and what is their ultimate fate? Who argues for their fate?

9. What did Cicero do when he uncovered Catiline's plans and how did this stymie Cataline's plans?

10. What does Sallust speculate about Piso's murder?

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