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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Sallust become a writer?
(a) He did not want to waste his life.
(b) He wanted to stir up the people.
(c) He was too old to do anything else.
(d) He wanted to make Catiline famous.

2. Who do Catiline's followers plan to lure to the city gate?
(a) Cato.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Crassus.
(d) Tarquinious.

3. Where does Catiline send his best men?
(a) To Rome.
(b) Various parts of Europe.
(c) To China.
(d) To Russia.

4. What happens to Cneuis Piso?
(a) He is murdered.
(b) He breaks his leg.
(c) Nothing happens to Piso.
(d) He is sent to Russia.

5. What do the conspirators do when they hear Catiline plans to burn the city?
(a) Tell the Senate what he is doing.
(b) Kill Catiline.
(c) Leaves the city immediately.
(d) Switch their support to Cicero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lucius Sylla to with the army?

2. Where is Lucuis Tarquinious arrested?

3. With what does Sallust say his ancestors built great empires?

4. What does Catiline begins to attract to his side?

5. Into what type of family was Catiline born?

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