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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 leads to Mithridates' suicide?
(a) His fear of Pompey.
(b) His fear of Caesar.
(c) His son's treachery.
(d) His own men's betrayal.

2. What is Pompey known for occasionally doing with captured nobles?
(a) Allowing them to escape.
(b) Beheading them.
(c) Convincing them to join his army.
(d) Burning them.

3. How long does it take Pompey to win the war in Africa?
(a) Thirty days.
(b) Forty days.
(c) Sixty days.
(d) Fifty days.

4. Who supports the law to give Pompey increased powers to fight the pirates?
(a) Marius.
(b) The man of the equestrian order.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Crassus.

5. Where is Pompey living before joining Sulla's military effort?
(a) Cortona.
(b) Umbria.
(c) Picenum.
(d) Gallicus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Lepidus to die?

2. Where is Cicero's country estate located?

3. Who pays Caesar's debt when he is stopped on his way to Spain?

4. What happens to Clodius while Cicero is away?

5. What does Cato do to diminish the effects of Caesar's growing popularity?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pompey face criticism for pursuing Caesar and what happens when the two meet for the final time?

2. How does the rivalry between Cicero and Clodius begin?

3. What does Cicero's name mean, why was he given it, and how does his response to it indicate his sense of humor?

4. How do the differences between Caesar and Pompey lead to Caesar becoming the dictator of Rome, and what does he do with the position?

5. What important event does Cicero stop when he is the praetor of Rome?

6. How does Caesar die and why has the event become so famous?

7. What personal problems does Cicero encounter after he retires from public life?

8. How do the people show their support for Caesar when he enters politics and what does Cato do to try to lessen Caesar's popularity at that time?

9. What does Caesar do to build support for himself as a Roman leader after he returns from Gaul, and why is the timing significant?

10. What is it about Caesar's actions that cause him to lose support from the people, and how does he become a dictator for life?

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