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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 is Catiline doing that is akin to revolution, according to Sallust?
(a) Killing off important people.
(b) Getting criminals, youngsters and the poor on his side.
(c) Taking from the wealthy and giving to the poor.
(d) Arming the masses.

2. What does Catiline mix for his followers to drink?
(a) Beer and water.
(b) Wine and water.
(c) Tea and sugar.
(d) Wine and human blood.

3. What is Manilos doing in Etrupia?
(a) Assassinating the officials there.
(b) Governing the district.
(c) Getting the poor people on Catiline's side.
(d) Raising food for an army.

4. What is Cicero having a difficult time doing related to Manilos?
(a) Finding him.
(b) Getting good intelligence.
(c) Getting his permission to marry his sister.
(d) Convincing him to be on Cicero's side.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Catiline promise the Senate?

3. Why did Sallust become a writer?

4. What does Catiline say he will do if he is head of the government?

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

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