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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 the Senate do about Catiline after Catulus reads a letter from him?
(a) Arrest his wife and children.
(b) Arrest him and hang him.
(c) Declare him an enemy of the state.
(d) Call him in for elections.

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

3. What did Lucius Sylla to with the army?
(a) Downsized it.
(b) Over indulged the soldiers.
(c) Disciplined it radically.
(d) Made it too big.

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

5. Why did Sallust become a writer?
(a) He wanted to make Catiline famous.
(b) He did not want to waste his life.
(c) He wanted to stir up the people.
(d) He was too old to do anything else.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sallust say is the result of people wanting their own merits celebrated rather then to record others' merits?

2. What troops does the Senate send out?

3. For what does Sallust say the mind is needed in war?

4. What does Catiline plan to do with Lucius Cotta and Lucius Torquatus?

5. With what does Sallust say his ancestors built great empires?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Catiline do after going to the Senate and how does he hide his intentions?

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

5. What did Catiline do before he was married?

6. 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?

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

8. Why did the Romans have to defend their borders and what did they do after they were successful in that?

9. Who does Catiline attract people to his cause and what kind of people does he attract?

10. Why was there a public voting for another consul?

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