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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 the rumors of an army coming to Rome do in the city?
(a) Spread panic.
(b) Make the citizens arm themselves.
(c) Cause hoarding and riots.
(d) Nothing.

2. How do the people in the Senate feel towards Catiline when he enters the Senate?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Anger.

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

4. What troops does the Senate send out?
(a) The Senate guard.
(b) Antonio and his troops.
(c) Cicero and his troops.
(d) Octavio and his troops.

5. How does Sallust view the body?
(a) As a weak part of humans.
(b) As the best part of a nation.
(c) As a beautiful gift from God.
(d) As a brutal, destructive force.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Into what type of family was Catiline born?

3. What did Lucius Sylla to with the army?

4. Why did Sallust become a writer?

5. What is Cicero told to do about the Catiline situation?

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