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

2. What is Sulla the first Roman to do, pertaining to the Parthians?

3. What does Crassus ignore during his first winter in Syria?

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

5. What out dated method of punishment does Crassus use after his men's loss?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is significant about the way Sulla takes control of Rome?

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

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

9. Where does the expression, "one of Marius's mules" originate?

10. What happens to Crassus's son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, including an analysis of all factors surrounding the events that led up to it, how it was waged, and the way that it ended. Use the entire book to provide insight on both men to explain the reasons for their parts in the war, and the overall effect it has on the future of 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

During the Roman Empire, marriage was used as a way to exercise control over people and situations and was looked at much differently than it is today. Write an essay describing the way the Romans, and the leaders in particular, saw marriage, and how it differs from current times. Provide examples of the way marriage was used for political purposes in the book, how each of the leaders viewed it, and why there were so many different marriages within a short period.

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