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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. After being defeated by the Parthians, where does Crassus attempt to go?
(a) Carrhae.
(b) Antioch.
(c) Arbela.
(d) Persepolis.

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

3. What causes people not to vote for Crassus and Pompey's opposition for the consul?
(a) The opposition's inability to be present for the day of the voting.
(b) The opposition withdraws from the race the day before voting.
(c) An assassination attempt on the opposition.
(d) The opposition's poor campaign platform.

4. What event causes Crassus to emerge from hiding?
(a) Marius's death.
(b) Vibius's death.
(c) His father's death.
(d) Cinna's death.

5. What serves as the basis for the saying, "one of Marius's mules"?
(a) His army using twice as many mules to carry their packs.
(b) His army having to carry their own packs for long trips.
(c) Marius himself carrying his own pack for all trips.
(d) His army carrying their own packs for brief trips.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Spartacus and the Spartans begin their successful battles?

3. How many miles long is the trench that Crassus digs upon meeting Spartacus on the peninsula?

4. Who gives Jugurtha to Sulla?

5. What is Marius's statue made out of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is Crassus's plan after being elected to the consul, and what mistake does he make that winter?

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

8. How does Crassus originally face the Parthians?

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

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

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