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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Cicero.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Crassus ignore during his first winter in Syria?
(a) His family.
(b) Training the troops.
(c) Business affairs.
(d) The enemy.

2. What does Terentia, Cicero's wife, do to cause their divorce?
(a) She has an affair.
(b) She takes the valuables from his house.
(c) She tries to have Cicero arrested.
(d) She is exiled from the city for her associations.

3. What is Sulla the first Roman to do, pertaining to the Parthians?
(a) He is the first to be captured and released by the Parthians.
(b) He is the first to be made the general of the Parthians' army.
(c) He is the first to be approached by the Parthians for an alliance.
(d) He is the first to be attacked by the Parthians.

4. What is Hispania Ulterior when Marius is sent to battle the bandits there?
(a) A major ally to Rome.
(b) A civilized province.
(c) An uncivilized province.
(d) A major supplier of food for Rome.

5. What does Pompey do with Sertorius's letters after his death?
(a) Burns them without reading them.
(b) Throws them into the sea without reading them.
(c) Burns them after reading them.
(d) Throws them into the sea after reading them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What serves as the basis for the saying, "one of Marius's mules"?

2. Whom does Caesar pit the people against when he is in office?

3. When must Pompey make his decision to befriend Crassus, according to the man of the equestrian order's vision?

4. What city does Turpillius command when Jugurtha takes it over?

5. What happens to Clodius while Cicero is away?

(see the answer key)

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