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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 Cicero work as when he first returns to Rome?

2. What city do Caesar and his men take over on their way to face Pompey?

3. What does Pompey do for Stratonice's father?

4. What is it about Stratonice that capture's Pompey's attention?

5. What does Caesar do when he is captured by Sulla's men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the contrast between Caesar's troops and Pompey's troops, and how does that affect the outcome of their war?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. What kind of reputation does Pompey have with regard to the way he treats enemy soldiers?

10. How does Pompey's reputation contrast with his father's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Pompey's death was a result of the betrayal of the Egyptians.

1) Describe the dilemma that the Egyptians are faced with as Pompey approaches their shores. Analyze their decision, whether or not you agree with it, and why.

2) Explain the way Pompey decides to proceed to the shores of Egypt, his reaction to his impending death, and how he is killed .

3) Describe Caesar's response to Pompey's death along with his actions following it, and what you think his reasons are for both.

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