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

2. How do Spartacus and the Spartans begin their successful battles?
(a) They are looking for revenge.
(b) They slowly build their soldiers.
(c) They are attacked unjustly and defend themselves.
(d) They escape from a cruel leader.

3. How many miles long is the trench that Crassus digs upon meeting Spartacus on the peninsula?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twenty.

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

5. How does Caesar describe the results of Sulla's second bid for praetorship?
(a) Caesar thinks that neither person should have been declared the winner.
(b) Caesar thinks that Sulla has won fairly.
(c) Caesar accuses Sulla of buying his win.
(d) Caesar accuses Sulla's opponent of unfair tactics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents Sulla from giving the command to attack against Marius' men in the way he is hoping for?

2. What decree does Sulla make when he controls Rome?

3. What was the intent of the Tuetones and the Cimbri?

4. When standing for aedileship, how many times does Marius get defeated politically in a single day?

5. Why does Metellus first decline Marius's request to return to Rome to seek the consulate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sulla rule over Rome for the second time?

2. How does Crassus die and what do the Parthians do after his death?

3. What age does Marius retire from the leadership command position in the military, and what does he do afterward?

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

5. How does Sulla die?

6. Where does the expression, "one of Marius's mules" originate?

7. How does the civil war between Marius and Sulla start, and what is the result of it?

8. What happens between Crassus and the Spartans that shows his view of war?

9. What happens to Crassus's family and why does he return to Rome?

10. What does Marius do when elected consul to endear himself to the people?

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