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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conspiracy of Catiline XXV-XXXVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catiline do after he leaves the Senate?
(a) Begin to raise an army in Rome.
(b) Go to Manilus.
(c) Go see his wife.
(d) Go to Spain.

2. When did greed take over society, according to Sallust?
(a) When Catiline took over.
(b) When the empire was too old.
(c) When the empire became too big.
(d) When the prince's died in battle.

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

4. Why does Jugurtha easily bribe members of government?
(a) The lack of living wages for government workers.
(b) His father was so well known.
(c) The moral decline in Roman society.
(d) The overall poor economy.

5. What does Catiline think is the best way to advance one's ambitions?
(a) By elections.
(b) By conspiracy.
(c) By assimilation.
(d) Through war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Catiline tell the Senate he is going because of the accusations against him?

2. What happens to Cneuis Piso?

3. What does the Senate do about Catiline after Catulus reads a letter from him?

4. What does Sallust say allowed Catiline to increase his power?

5. How do the people in the Senate feel towards Catiline when he enters the Senate?

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