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

2. Which city takes the side of Mithridates, causing Sulla to march against it?
(a) Athens.
(b) Tavros.
(c) Galatsi.
(d) Tripoli.

3. What traditional belief does Marius go against in his first consul?
(a) He stops all outside trade agreements.
(b) He allows poor men to fight in the military.
(c) He begins multiple outside trade agreements.
(d) He does not allow poor men to fight in the military.

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

5. Where is Sulla chased into by Sulpicius's men?
(a) Marius's house.
(b) His own house.
(c) Caesar's house.
(d) Jugurtha's house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How often does Vibius send food to Crassus after learning of his escape from Rome?

3. What is Sulla looking for as he sails to Aedepsus for rest?

4. What prompts Marius to pursue greater ambitions after his first military service?

5. What is Hispania Ulterior when Marius is sent to battle the bandits there?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rex Warner describe Plutarch's biography of Marius and why?

2. How does Marius's first military experience inspire him to pursue greater accomplishments?

3. What is significant about the way Sulla takes control of Rome?

4. What kinds of omens does Crassus receive on his way to Syria and how does he respond to them?

5. What does Sulla do after taking Rome again, this time, from Telesinus?

6. How does Sulla die?

7. What happens to Crassus's son?

8. What questionable things does Marius do during his sixth term as consul?

9. What is Crassus's plan to escape from the Parthians?

10. What is interesting about the way Marius first tries to stand for the aedileship?

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