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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are people reaching powerful positions?
(a) By putting in a large number of years.
(b) With hard work.
(c) Through unlawful means.
(d) By inheriting the position.

2. How does Jugurtha motivate his troops to fight against the Romans?
(a) By reminding them they have conquered the Romans before.
(b) By appealing to their anger.
(c) By offering high pay.
(d) By threatening their families.

3. What does Micipas tell his two biological sons when he is on his deathbed?
(a) To follow Rome's laws.
(b) To keep any power from Jugurtha.
(c) To kill Jugurtha.
(d) To learn from Jugurtha.

4. What does Jugurtha tell his troops are one of their main advantages against the Romans?
(a) They have better weapons.
(b) They are larger men.
(c) They are fighting for their civil rights.
(d) They know the land.

5. What does Jugurtha do to Adherbal?
(a) Tortures him to death.
(b) Cripples him.
(c) Run him completely out of Numidia.
(d) Has him assassinated.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Jugurtha make friends when he is fighting for Micipas?

2. What group of people founded Hippo?

3. What does Jugurtha do when Metellus marches past his ambush?

4. What does the Senate decide is the reason Bocchus fights with Jugurtha?

5. What did Jugurtha oppose in Roman society?

Short Essay Questions

1. How, when and why did a rift develop between Jugurtha and his brothers?

2. What does the Senate tell Jugurtha he must do about Adherbal and what is Jugurtha's response?

3. What type of government does Sallust say could solve the problems but what happens when that is attempted?

4. How does Jugurtha take care of Annuis?

5. What does Jugurtha hear about Metellus, what is his response to that and how does Metellus respond to Jugurtha?

6. How does Jugurtha provoke Adherbal into resuming hostilities?

7. How does Metellus handle Jugurtha's ambush and what does he do after the first encounter with Jugurtha?

8. Who is Marcus Scaurus and what does the Senate have him do? How does Jugurtha respond to Scaurus?

9. What happens as fear spreads through Numidia?

10. What does Sallust say about man's intellectual ability and fate?

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