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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Crassus ask Sulla for before leaving to raise forces?
(a) Extra food.
(b) An escort.
(c) A reason.
(d) Money.

2. What happens to the Spartans that leads to their defeat?
(a) They become tired.
(b) They become over confident.
(c) They refuse to fight.
(d) They become outnumbered.

3. How does Crassus feel about Sulla's opinion of Pompey?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is jealous.
(c) He is not aware of it.
(d) He is confused.

4. Who is leading the enemy troops as Sulla and his men near Rome?
(a) Turpillius.
(b) Telesinus.
(c) Metellus.
(d) Marius.

5. What tactic does Sulla employ to overcome his men's fear of war?
(a) He belittles them repeatedly.
(b) He subjects them to manual labor.
(c) He threatens them.
(d) He kills one of them as an example.

6. What prompts Marius to pursue greater ambitions after his first military service?
(a) The consul's urging.
(b) A compliment from Caesar.
(c) A compliment from Scipio.
(d) The people's urging.

7. What serves as the basis for the saying, "one of Marius's mules"?
(a) His army carrying their own packs for brief trips.
(b) His army having to carry their own packs for long trips.
(c) His army using twice as many mules to carry their packs.
(d) Marius himself carrying his own pack for all trips.

8. What does Sulla require Pompey the Great to do?
(a) Leave the military.
(b) Leave Rome.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Divorce his wife.

9. What decree does Sulla make when he controls Rome?
(a) The he is reducing the size of the military.
(b) That his past acts are exonerated.
(c) That his relatives' past acts are exonerated.
(d) That he is doubling the size of the military.

10. What does Mithridates do to end the war with Sulla?
(a) He sues for peace.
(b) He captures most of Sulla's men.
(c) He surrenders.
(d) He defeats Sulla.

11. What does Warner indicate is exaggerated by Plutarch?
(a) The number of battles Marius was involved in.
(b) The number of children Marius had.
(c) Marius's war skills.
(d) Marius's education.

12. Where does Jugurtha eventually die?
(a) In an execution by Marius.
(b) On the battlefield.
(c) In exile.
(d) The dungeon.

13. How many children did Sulla have altogether?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

14. Why does Metellus first decline Marius's request to return to Rome to seek the consulate?
(a) He is trying to protect Marius.
(b) He is supporting another candidate for the consulate.
(c) He and Marius are bitter enemies.
(d) He needs Marius to help him with the war.

15. What city does Turpillius command when Jugurtha takes it over?
(a) Pavesa.
(b) Vaga.
(c) Fornace.
(d) Berlasco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sulla the first Roman to do, pertaining to the Parthians?

2. What causes people not to vote for Crassus and Pompey's opposition for the consul?

3. What happens in Sulla's first bid for praetorship?

4. What role does Andromachus play in the plans Crassus has to avoid the Parthians?

5. How does Caesar describe the results of Sulla's second bid for praetorship?

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