WorksheetsLNM In Catilinam Translation Comprehension Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which is NOT an argument Cicero makes against Catiline?
Catiline hates everyone
Everyone fears and hates Catiline
Catiline might have killed his wife
Some senators present are in on the conspiracy
Which of the following does Cicero NOT use in his speech?
personification
None of these
Rhetorical Questions
Anaphora
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?
How long will you abuse our patience Catiline?
Why are you abusive to us?
What abuse have we put on you Catiline?
"Nihilne te nocturnum praesidium Palati, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil concursus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora voltusque moverunt?"
Which summarizes the above quote?
Are you plotting against the good men?
Do you not love the features and citizens of Rome?
Are you a good person?
Do you not feel bad for what you have done?
When Cicero says "O tempora! O mores!" it means...
why are these modern times this way
what time is it
what has been customary is bad
why are we so wonderful
"Senatus haec intellegit. Consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit? immo vero etiam in senatum venit, fit publici consilii particeps, notat et designat oculis ad caedem unum quemque nostrum."
What is Catiline doing?
deciding whom to kill
hanging out in the senate peacefully
looking around like he's confused
trying to make another bid for Consul
"Nos autem fortes viri satis facere rei publicae videmur, si istius furorem ac tela vitemus. Ad mortem te, Catilina, duci iussu consulis iam pridem oportebat, in te conferri pestem, quam tu in nos [omnes iam diu] machinaris."
What are the brave men doing?
Avoiding the madness and weapons of Catiline
Plotting with Catiline
Trying to exile Catiline
Trying to execute Catiline
"Quid? cum te Praeneste Kalendis ipsis Novembribus occupaturum nocturno impetu esse confideres, sensistine illam coloniam meo iussu meis praesidiis, custodiis, vigiliis esse munitam? Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas, quod non ego non modo audiam, sed etiam videam planeque sentiam."
Verus aut falsus: "Meo" and "meis" refer to Catiline.
Falsus
Verus
"Quid? cum te Praeneste Kalendis ipsis Novembribus occupaturum nocturno impetu esse confideres, sensistine illam coloniam meo iussu meis praesidiis, custodiis, vigiliis esse munitam? Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas, quod non ego non modo audiam, sed etiam videam planeque sentiam."
Verus aut falsus: Catiline is the subject of "agis" and "cogitas".
Verus
Falsus
"Dico te priore nocte venisse inter falcarios--non agam obscure--in M. Laecae domum; convenisse eodem complures eiusdem amentiae scelerisque socios. Num negare audes? quid taces? Convincam, si negas. Video enim esse hic in senatu quosdam, qui tecum una fuerunt."
What individual(s) is in the senate currently?
The same ones who met with Catiline at Laeca's home.
Marcus Laeca
Allies of Cicero
"O di immortales! ubinam gentium sumus? in qua urbe vivimus? quam rem publicam habemus?"
Which of the following quotes ALSO has the same sentiment as the above?
O tempora! O mores!
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?
Consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?
Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas, quod non ego non modo audiam
"Fuisti igitur apud Laecam illa nocte, Catilina, distribuisti partes Italiae, statuisti, quo quemque proficisci placeret, delegisti, quos Romae relinqueres, quos tecum educeres, discripsisti urbis partes ad incendia, confirmasti te ipsum iam esse exiturum, dixisti paulum tibi esse etiam nunc morae, quod ego viverem. Reperti sunt duo equites Romani, qui te ista cura liberarent et sese illa ipsa nocte paulo ante lucem me in meo lectulo interfecturos [esse] pollicerentur."
Which of the following is NOT stated or implied in the above quote?
Catiline wanted to kills Cicero himself.
Catiline divided Italy into sections.
Catiline decided who would leave Rome and who would stay.
Catiline decided not to leave until Cicero was dead.
"Educ tecum etiam omnes tuos, si minus, quam plurimos; purga urbem. Magno me metu liberabis, dum modo inter me atque te murus intersit.Nobiscum versari iam diutius non potes; non feram, non patiar, non sinam."
What will Cicero not allow any longer?
for Catiline to remain in the city
for fear to remain in the city
for men to gather in aid of Catiline
"Magna dis inmortalibus habenda est atque huic ipsi Iovi Statori, antiquissimo custodi huius urbis, gratia, quod hanc tam taetram, tam horribilem tamque infestam rei publicae pestem totiens iam effugimus."
Why is Cicero invoking the gods?
He is thanking them for saving them from such pestilence.
He is thanking them for saving his life from Catiline.
He is asking them to help him flee the horrible conspiracy.
He is asking them for gratitude for his part as guardian of the city.
Which quote does NOT illustrate a reoccurring argument which runs throughout Cicero's speech?
quotiens tu me designatum, quotiens consulem interficere conatus es!
nihil [agis, nihil] adsequeris [nihil moliris] neque tamen conari ac velle desistis.
Servi mehercule mei si me isto pacto metuerent, ut te metuunt omnes cives tui, domum meam relinquendam putarem; tu tibi urbem non arbitraris?
Sic enim iam tecum loquar, non ut odio permotus esse videar, quo debeo, sed ut misericordia, quae tibi nulla debetur.
"Quid, quod adventu tuo ista subsellia vacuefacta sunt, quod omnes consulares, qui tibi persaepe ad caedem constituti fuerunt, simul atque adsedisti, partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt, quo tandem animo [hoc] tibi ferundum putas?"
Which picture would best illustrate the above quote?
"Nullum iam aliquot annis facinus exstitit nisi per te, nullum flagitium sine te; tibi uni multorum civium neces, tibi vexatio direptioque sociorum inpunita fuit ac libera; tu non solum ad neglegendas leges et quaestiones, verum etiam ad evertendas perfringendasque valuisti."
Who is speaking here?
Cicero as himself
Cicero as the patria
Cicero as Catiline
Cicero as Catiline's wife
"Nullum iam aliquot annis facinus exstitit nisi per te, nullum flagitium sine te; tibi uni multorum civium neces, tibi vexatio direptioque sociorum inpunita fuit ac libera; tu non solum ad neglegendas leges et quaestiones, verum etiam ad evertendas perfringendasque valuisti."
Choose ALL that are true according to the quote above.
No atrocity has taken place without Catiline
Catiline has neglected and broken laws
Catiline has killed many citizens without punishment
"Quam ob rem discede atque hunc mihi timorem eripe; si est verus, ne opprimar, sin falsus, ut tandem aliquando timere desinam."
Verus aut falsus: The "patria" is asking that Catiline depart in order to be freed from fear whether it is a real fear or not.
Verus
Falsus
In the last sections of Cicero's oration, he concludes by repeating his arguments yet again.
Choose ALL of the following which are yet again brought up in sections 1.19-1.33
Juppiter Stator (the protector) is invoked again.
He encourages Catiline to exile himself with his conspirators.
He reiterates that Manlius and other wayward citizens are waiting for Cat.
He says that there are conspirators, or at least sympathizers, to Cat in the senate.
He makes it clear and known that he reveres the sanctity of the republic, which Catiline is trying to dismantle.
