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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jugurtha want his half-brother to find for him?
(a) An assassin.
(b) A member of the senate who can be bribed.
(c) A place to hide.
(d) A wife.

2. In what year does this novel begin?
(a) 150 A.D.
(b) 500 B.C.
(c) 110 B.C.
(d) 212 A.D.

3. Who lets Marius know of the news of what has been happening in Rome?
(a) Julia.
(b) Julilia.
(c) Sulla.
(d) Caesar.

4. Why does Marius believe it is necessary to take Jugurth's western fortress within the next month?
(a) His men will need additional supplies if it goes beyond that.
(b) It is located high on a cliff and will not be approachable later.
(c) He knows he will be recalled to Rome after that.
(d) Jugurtha will escape to a neighboring kingdom before the month is over.

5. What does Marius have constructed to help the army get into the fortress?
(a) Stairs.
(b) A wall.
(c) A catapult.
(d) A ramp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has to happen before Marius can marry?

2. How long before the election does Metellus release Marius?

3. What does Marius do as he travels throughout Africa?

4. Why won't Jugurtha make Bomilcar the regent of the kingdom?

5. Why was Julilia starving herself?

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