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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 type of people in general, did Sallust say the army had?
(a) People who wanted to serve.
(b) Patriotic people.
(c) Power hungry people.
(d) Alturistic people.

2. For what does Sallust say the mind is needed in war?
(a) To keep the belief in the cause strong.
(b) To know if a war needs to be fought.
(c) To understand the enemy.
(d) For planning.

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

4. What does Sallust say is the result of people wanting their own merits celebrated rather then to record others' merits?
(a) People began fighting for recognition.
(b) Romans do not have great literature.
(c) The society became weaker.
(d) Celebrities were more imporatant than leaders.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Curius' final role in the situation with Catiline?

2. Where does Petreius first attack Catiline?

3. What does Catiline do after he leaves the Senate?

4. How does Catiline prepare his soldiers for battle?

5. What does Catiline plan to do with Cneuis Piso?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Catiline attempt to recruit for allies and how do they respond?

2. Who reads a letter from Catiline to the Senate, what does the letter say and what is the Senate's reaction to it?

3. What did Catiline do before he was married?

4. What surprises Petreius about Catiline and what is his response?

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

6. What does Catline do when he realizes he is being defeated?

7. What does Cicero ask of the Gauls and why?

8. What does Quinton Metellus do about Catiline's army and what kind of situation does that make for Catiline?

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

10. What assassinations does Catiline plot and what does he plan to do with Piso?

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