Develop Interpretations About Effect/Purpose Practice Test

In Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1–3, how does Caesar’s framing reflect political motivation and shape Roman perception?

In Cicero’s In Catilinam 1, he addresses the senators as guardians of the state (1.3-4). Translation (1.3-4): “We have long been in danger, yet you, fathers of the senate, sit here unaware. The republic lives, but it lives amid plots.” Context: Cicero urges immediate action against Catiline. Element: ethos through senatorial identity. How does Cicero's use of ethos in this passage serve his overall argument?