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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catiline do to attract people to his cause?
(a) Promise them to listen to what they want.
(b) Promise them a position in his government.
(c) Give them land.
(d) Buy them gifts and send them mistresses.

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

3. Why does an empire need to have an emphasis on the mind?
(a) There is so much paperwork.
(b) The government has to be smarter than the slaves.
(c) The government has to educate the people.
(d) The government would be constantly changing without it.

4. With what does Sallust say his ancestors built great empires?
(a) With intellect.
(b) With a desire to control people.
(c) With brute strength.
(d) With brute strength and intellect.

5. What does Sallust say is one of the main differences between Catiline and Cicero?
(a) Catiline knew how to delegate tasks.
(b) Cicero was full of passion and brutality.
(c) Catiline was calm and intellectual.
(d) Cicero was calm and intellectual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of people in general, did Sallust say the army had?

2. What did Lucius Sylla to with the army?

3. What does Sallust say wise leaders did in the beginning of the nation?

4. According to Sallust, why did men join the army in the early days of Rome?

5. What does Catiline plan to do with Cneuis Piso?

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