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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What personality does Crassus have?
(a) He is vengeful.
(b) He is well mannered.
(c) He is arrogant.
(d) He is short tempered.

2. Whom does Marius face during his first military service?
(a) The Tuetones.
(b) The Celtiberians.
(c) Jugurtha.
(d) The Cimbri.

3. What happens to the servant who betrays Sulpicius?
(a) He is allowed to fight in the military.
(b) He is given a political position.
(c) He is thrown to his death.
(d) He is exiled.

4. In which war does Sulla serve under Marius?
(a) The war in Hispania Ulterior.
(b) The war in Asia.
(c) The war in Africa.
(d) The war in the Rhone Alps.

5. How many servants does Crassus have when he escapes to Spain?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

6. What happens to Fimbria after he welcomes Sulla into his camp?
(a) He is exiled from the camp.
(b) He is captured by Sulla.
(c) Sulla kills him.
(d) He commits suicide.

7. What does Crassus buy after Sulla takes control of Rome?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Militants.
(c) Land.
(d) Livestock.

8. What does Marius refuse in the office of tribune?
(a) Limited distribution of wheat.
(b) Mass distribution of corn.
(c) Mass distribution of wheat.
(d) Limited distribution of corn.

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

10. Whom does Marius marry?
(a) Julia, the aunt of Caesar.
(b) Julia, the cousin of Caesar.
(c) Maria, the cousin of Caesar.
(d) Maria, the aunt of Caesar.

11. When standing for aedileship, how many times does Marius get defeated politically in a single day?
(a) Once.
(b) Twice.
(c) No times.
(d) Three times.

12. After being defeated by the Parthians, where does Crassus attempt to go?
(a) Persepolis.
(b) Carrhae.
(c) Antioch.
(d) Arbela.

13. How was Marius raised?
(a) With no specific standards.
(b) Against the ancient Roman standards.
(c) To the modern Roman standards.
(d) To the ancient Roman standards.

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

15. What type of mines does Crassus own?
(a) Coal.
(b) Silver, Gold, and Coal.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Italy is the famous statue of Gaius Marius located?

2. What happens to Metella, Sulla's wife, during one of his banquets?

3. Which one of the following is not one of the theories of how Marius died?

4. How many miles long is the trench that Crassus digs upon meeting Spartacus on the peninsula?

5. What does Rex Warner, the translator, say about Plutarch's account of Marius's political skill?

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