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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being joined by the Phocians, what city does Sulla occupy?

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

3. How many brothers did Crassus have?

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

5. What serves as the basis for the saying, "one of Marius's mules"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Sulla give up the dictatorship and how does he live his life at this point?

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

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

6. How does Marius distinguish himself when he is voted into the office of tribune?

7. How does Sulla die?

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

9. What happens to Crassus's son?

10. How does Caesar affect the political career of Crassus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the different characteristics of Marius and Sulla, both militarily and politically. Include a detailed explanation of the feud between them and the effects it has on Rome.

Essay Topic 2

Write an in depth essay about Crassus's personality traits, focusing on his main vice, avarice. Use examples and events to explain how his pension for greed affected both his political and military career.

Essay Topic 3

Omens played a big part of the way Romans lived their lives and made their decisions.

1) Using each of the six figures for which Plutarch provides a biography, describe the different omens that they encounter and the way that they choose to react to them.

2) Analyze the differences or similarities between how the Roman leaders responded to omens during their lives, and the results of their regard for them.

3) Explain what you think the significance of omens were in general to the Roman Republic and the people who lived during that time.

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