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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does an informant tell the Romans will be the best way to capture Jugurtha?
(a) Using Bomilcar.
(b) Offering him a Senate seat.
(c) Draw upon their previous friendship.
(d) Removing Metellus from office.

2. On which holiday does this novel begin?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Passover.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Easter.

3. Which of the following is now an important senator?
(a) Metellus.
(b) Marius.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Jugurtha.

4. What kind of campaign does Marius get started?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Electoral.
(c) Letter writing.
(d) Military.

5. How much time has passed from the end of chapter one to the beginning of chapter two?
(a) One day.
(b) One week.
(c) One month.
(d) One year.

6. What does Nicopolis die from?
(a) Poisoning.
(b) Childbirth.
(c) Kidney failure.
(d) Heart failure.

7. What does Martha say Marius will do seven times?
(a) Leader of the troops.
(b) Have children.
(c) First Man in Rome and Consul.
(d) Marry.

8. Who does Marius put in charge of raising the rest of the new soldiers when he leaves for Africa?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Metellus.
(c) Sulla.
(d) Rufus.

9. What ambition has Sulla lost?
(a) The ambition to be a distinguished member of Roman society.
(b) The ambition to apologize for his ways.
(c) The ambition to help the poorer members of his family.
(d) The desire to become a consul.

10. Why does Sulla leave Rome for a month?
(a) He is tired of fighting with his stepmother's nephew.
(b) He takes his stepmother away for a holiday.
(c) He has been contracted to assassinate Jugurtha.
(d) He needs to offer citizenship to all Italians.

11. In what year does this novel begin?
(a) 500 B.C.
(b) 212 A.D.
(c) 150 A.D.
(d) 110 B.C.

12. What is Marius's current position in the army?
(a) Leader of a legion.
(b) Spy searching for Jugurtha.
(c) Troop commander.
(d) Aide to Metellus's young son.

13. Why is the king of Numidia, Jugurtha in the city?
(a) He wants to witness the ceremony.
(b) He wants to buy some goods.
(c) He wants to meet the new senators.
(d) He wants to buy votes.

14. Where do Metellus, Rufus and Marius travel?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Greece.
(c) Africa.
(d) Germany.

15. What does Marius claim he does not need with his new bill proposal?
(a) Majority approval.
(b) Friends.
(c) Senate approval.
(d) The plebeian approval.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marius do with those that surrendered when he took over the castle?

2. How does Marius begin his speech to the senators?

3. How does Sulla fill his days?

4. Why are many Romans gathered at the temple?

5. How many Roman soldiers does Marius share have been killed over the past fifteen years?

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