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

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

3. At what age is Sulla appointed consul?
(a) Forty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirty.

4. What is Crassus counting on as he proceeds to face the enemy troops in Syria?
(a) The size of the enemy's military.
(b) The size of his military.
(c) Weapons from Ariamnes.
(d) Information from Ariamnes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Crassus often loan money?

2. How many enemy soldiers does Sulla slaughter in the "circus" while seizing control of Rome?

3. What language did Marius speak very little of?

4. In which war does Sulla serve under Marius?

5. How many total terms does Marius serve as consul?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Sulla approach a possible confrontation with the younger Marius?

4. What happens to Sulla's wife, Metella, and what does Sulla do?

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

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

7. What is the mystery surrounding Marius's death?

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

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

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

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