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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Cicero arrange to wait under the Milvian Bridge?
(a) Crassus.
(b) Catiline's wife.
(c) Two men.
(d) Three Senators.

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

3. When does Antonio declare his injury?
(a) Never.
(b) After the battle.
(c) During the battle.
(d) Before the battle.

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

5. To whom does Catiline go for allies?
(a) Africa.
(b) The Gauls.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

6. Who is told about Catiline's plans for Cicero?
(a) Galen.
(b) Sallust.
(c) Octavio.
(d) Fulvia.

7. What do the people in question #55 do after Catiline leaves them?
(a) Get ready for war.
(b) Send their best warriors to Rome.
(c) Nothing, it is of no concern to them.
(d) Disclose his request to Rome.

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

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

10. How does Catiline finally die?
(a) He dies of old age.
(b) He is killed by Achilles.
(c) He kills himself.
(d) He is killed fighting on the front.

11. Who is marching towards Catiline and his army?
(a) Cicero.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Metellius Kato.
(d) Lucius.

12. What does Petreius do after Catiline starts to attack?
(a) Calls for Catiline's surrender.
(b) Sends in an assassin for Catiline.
(c) Changes his strategy.
(d) He does nothing but contine as he was.

13. What does he tell his followers to carry at all times?
(a) Food and water.
(b) Carrier pigeons.
(c) Letters from him.
(d) Weapons.

14. What does Catiline promise the Senate?
(a) To become head of it.
(b) To burn it down.
(c) To sow seeds of discontent.
(d) To support it.

15. Into what type of family was Catiline born?
(a) Slave family.
(b) A family from another country.
(c) Poor.
(d) Wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Catiline doing that is akin to revolution, according to Sallust?

2. What does Sallust say is one of the main differences between Catiline and Cicero?

3. What happens to the men who have been arrested by the Senate when they are taken from the Senate?

4. What does Cato say about the fate of the traitors?

5. Why was the early Roman society morally sound?

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