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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is marching towards Catiline and his army?

3. What does Catiline plan to do eventually in Rome?

4. How does Petreius motivate soldiers?

5. What does he tell his followers to carry at all times?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cathegus say he will do about Cicero?

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

3. What is Catiline's only choice for his army? Who takes over Antonio's army and why? What does he do with the army before they fight?

4. How does Sallust compare Catlin and Cicero?

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

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

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

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

9. What did Catiline do before he was married?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Men joined the army where they aimed to earn renown as a hero. At that time, money and power were more in the background. He states that the Romans do not have greater literature because their people did not want to record merits but wanted their own merits celebrated.

1. There are many reasons why one might join an army. Discuss at least four reasons and whether you believe those are better reasons than to join it for fame.

2. Discuss why Sallust thinks self-aggrandizing has interfered with greater literature being produced.

3. Sallust states that money and power were more in the background at the time as far as what people wanted. Discuss why it is possible that money and power follow fame and admiration.

Essay Topic 2

It seems strange that Sallust represents Jugurtha as an honorable man and then suggests that his motives behind his violence were nothing more than a lust for power, control and war.

1. Discuss, with examples from the text, the above statement.

2. Jugurtha committed many atrocities in his quest for power. Discuss how you believe his behavior would be settled in an international court for war crimes. How are his actions similar to some of the war crimes which have been tried in the past twenty years?

3. Jugurtha killed not only many people, but his own adopted brothers and even tortured Adherbal. Do you think fratricide is morally more reprehensible than murder of a person who is unknown to the criminal? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The Jugurthine War is presented by Sallust as an historical account of two events in Roman history yet it seems to contain as much subjective opinion as historical facts.

1. Discuss why Sallust's book might be mere propaganda for the Roman government. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Debate the following statement: History should contain only facts not opinions or propaganda.

3. How much propaganda do you think is taught in history classes in the present time? Use examples to support your answer.

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