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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. What is Manilos doing in Etrupia?

2. What does Catiline plan to do about Cicero?

3. Where is Volturcius arrested?

4. Where are the enemies of Catiline's army?

5. What happens to the men who have been arrested by the Senate when they are taken from the Senate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. How does Sallust compare Catlin and Cicero?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sallust describes Metellus as an honorable man, who Jurgurtha has no chance to persuade with the lure of gold. Metullus bribes Bohumilcar to bring him Jurgurtha offering him a pardon for murder.

1. Though Metellus is touted as an honorable man by Sallust he offers a pardon for murder to get Bohumilcar. Discuss how this behavior conflicts with the concept of an honorable man.

2. Discuss, in detail, what you believe being an honorable man might mean in present day American society.

3. Discuss a situation in your own life where either honor or dishonor made a situation better or worse.

Essay Topic 2

Sallust starts by talking about the strengths of the mind and the body. He puts the virtues of the mind above that of the body, but he understands that war needs both the mind for planning and the body for attacking.

1. Discuss the strengths of the mind versus the strengths of the body. Include in your discussion how one might complement the other and how one might interfere with the other.

2. Discuss the different uses of the body and the mind for war. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

3. Using the text as a resource, why do you think Sallust puts the virtue of the mind above that of the body? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Sallust presents the Roman army as ill-disciplined brutes. They buy everything instead of making it and live a luxurious life that is not conducive to being men of war.

1. Explain in detail why you think Sallust's evaluation of how soldiers should live is correct or wrong. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Discuss in detail the moral implications of the politicians who send soldiers to war living at a much higher standard than the soldiers. Include in your discussion if you believe the disparity between soldiers' lives and politicians lives make it easier for politicians to use soldiers.

3. Military personnel in America receive fairly low compensation for their jobs although in peacetime the benefits and compensation may seem adequate, when faced with combat, it might seem too little. Discuss what you think is a fair wage for combat soldiers and what they should receive as veterans.

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