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The facility with which Attila had penetrated into the heart of
Gaul may be ascribed to his insidious policy as well as to the terror
of his arms. His public declarations were skilfully mitigated by his
private assurances; he alternately soothed and threatened the Romans
and the Goths; and the courts of Ravenna and Toulouse, mutually
suspicious of each other's intentions, beheld with supine indifference
the approach of their common enemy.
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1. The "courts of Ravenna and Toulouse" refer to:
A. judges and juries
B. the governments of Rome and the Goths
C. Attila's followers
D. the heart of Gaul
E. Attila's army
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(B) We can infer that "courts" refers to the governments of the Romans
and Goths.
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2. Attila's "insidious policy" was:
A. supine indifference
B. private assurances coupled with public threats
C. ascribed to terror of arms
D. the threat of conquest
E. mutual suspicion
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B
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B
(B) Attila's insidious policy was to say opposite things in public and
private.
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B
Aetius was the sole guardian of the public safety; but his wisest
were embarrassed by a faction which infected the Imperial palace: the
youth of Italy trembled at the sound of the trumpet; and the barbarians,
who from fear or affection were inclined to the cause of Attila,
awaited with doubtful and venal faith the event of the war.
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1. "The youth of Italy trembled at the sound of the trumpet" suggests:
A. a special kind of dance that was then popular
B. a dislike for trumpet music
C. Attila's followers were youthful
D. the fear of war
E. the fear of music
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(D) The trumpet was a call to war, and the youth of Italy feared it.
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2. "Venal" faith suggests that the barbarians were:
A. mercenary, corrupt, open to bribery
B. religious, devout, observant
C. skeptical, cynical, obdurate
D. enthusiastic, optimistic, energetic
E. lazy, slothful, affectionate
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C
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(A) "Venal" means "mercenary, open to bribery and corruption."
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C
The patrician passed the Alps at the head of some troops whose
strength and numbers scarcely deserved the name of an army. But on
his arrival at Arles or Lyons he was confounded by the intelligence
that the Visigoths, refusing to embrace the defense of Gaul, had
determined to expect within their own territories the formidable
invader whom they professed to despise.
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1. "Had determined to expect" implies the Visigoths:
A. had been warned by spies
B. had determined to fight the invader
C. meant to launch an ambush
D. had decided to accept the invader without a fight
E. despised the invader
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(D) "Expect" implies the Visigoths would accept rather than repel the
invader.
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D
He represented to Theodoric that an ambitious conqueror who
aspired to the dominion of the earth could be resisted only by the
firm and unanimous alliance of the powers who he laboured to oppress.
The lively eloquence inflamed the Gothic warriors by the description
of the injuries which their ancestors had suffered from the Huns.
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1. This passage, taken with the prior ones, suggests that:
A. The Romans and the Goths were traditional enemies.
B. The Huns had previously persecuted the Romans.
C. The Romans had previously persecuted the Huns.
D. The Goths had previously persecuted the Huns.
E. The Huns had previously persecuted the Goths.
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(E) The ancestors of the Gothic warriors had suffered injuries from the
Huns.
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E
He strenuously urged that it was the duty of every Christian to
save from sacrilegious violation the churches of God and the relics of
the saints; that it was the interest of every barbarian who had acquired
a settlement in Gaul to defend the fields and vineyards, which were
cultivated for his use, against the desolation of the Scythian shepherds.
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1. The passage suggests:
A. Residents of Gaul included both Christians and non-Christians.
B. Gaul was occupied by Scythian shepherds.
C. Non-Christian Goths were Scythians.
D. An appeal to a barbarian's sense of duty and a Christian's sense
of self-interest was employed.
E. All Gaul was divided into three parts.
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(A) In this passage, "barbarian" is synonymous with non-Christian.
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