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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) Marius's war skills.
(d) The number of children Marius had.

2. How long does Crassus send Caesar to Gaul for?
(a) Five years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

3. What decree does Sulla make when he controls Rome?
(a) That his relatives' past acts are exonerated.
(b) The he is reducing the size of the military.
(c) That his past acts are exonerated.
(d) That he is doubling the size of the military.

4. Who is credited with ending the war in Africa?
(a) Turpillius.
(b) Marius.
(c) Sulla.
(d) Jugurtha.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Onatius Aurelius's vision, who orders that Crassus and Pompey should become friends?

3. What causes people not to vote for Crassus and Pompey's opposition for the consul?

4. What does Marius pledge to do while addressing the assembly for his first consul?

5. After crossing the Alps, where does Marius set up a fortified camp with the Romans while waiting for the invaders?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sulla die?

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

3. How does Sulla attempt to interfere with Pompey the Great's life?

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

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

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

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

8. What happens to Crassus's son?

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

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

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