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

2. What is Turpillius's fate?
(a) He is exiled.
(b) He is sentenced to death.
(c) He is released to Marius's responsibility.
(d) He is released to Metellus's responsibility.

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

4. What happens in Sulla's first bid for praetorship?
(a) He withdraws from the race.
(b) He wins it.
(c) He loses it.
(d) He ties with his opponent.

5. After crossing the Alps, where does Marius set up a fortified camp with the Romans while waiting for the invaders?
(a) Rhone.
(b) St. Etienne.
(c) Grenoble.
(d) Valence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sulla require Pompey the Great to do?

3. What causes Crassus to retreat from the war with the Parthians?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the feud between Marius and Metellus begin?

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

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

4. What happens to Crassus's son?

5. What is Crassus's main vice, and how is this displayed?

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

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

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

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

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

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