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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 does Terentia, Cicero's wife, do to cause their divorce?

2. What do some people fear after appointing Caesar the dictator of Rome for life?

3. What does the younger Caesar say about Cicero years after his death?

4. What does Caesar do when his generals fear attacking the Germans?

5. Why does Pompey want to avoid fighting Caesar?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is significant about the way Pompey begins his military career?

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

4. What is the dilemma Cicero faces upon discovering the plan by Catiline's forces that remain in Rome?

5. What is Cicero's educational background and how does it contribute to the decisions made early in his career?

6. What actions does Caesar make following the deaths of his aunt and wife that endear him to the people of Rome?

7. What leads to the civil war between Caesar and Pompey?

8. What are some of the omens that Plutarch discusses leading up to Caesar's death?

9. What is interesting about how the battle between Pompey and Sertorius ends, and Pompey's decision afterward?

10. How does Plutarch feel about Caesar's military accomplishments and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the war between Marius and Metellus, chronicling how it begins, the reasons why it becomes so intense, and the effect its ending has on Marius's career as a Roman leader.

Essay Topic 3

Caesar's political career was hugely successful as he became appointed a dictator for life by the Roman people.

1) Compare Caesar's approach to politics and the offices he held with others who came before him, particularly Sulla, who had a distinctly different view of the people.

2) Describe the key events that caused Caesar to become so popular among the people, how his decisions and actions contributed to the popularity, and why the people connected with him in that way.

3) Analyze Caesar's political accomplishments and the situations that led him to become consul and then dictator. Also, include a description of the things that Caesar does to lose the support of the people and what his reasons are for them.

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