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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Metellus implicated in?
(a) A plot to kill Jugurtha.
(b) Treason of an Italian ally.
(c) Befriending the enemy.
(d) Being inept as a commander.

2. On which holiday does this novel begin?
(a) Easter.
(b) Passover.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Christmas.

3. How does Sulla decide Jugurtha should be executed?
(a) By being shot.
(b) By disembowelment.
(c) By being buried alive.
(d) By being hung.

4. Why does Drusus write to Caepio?
(a) He wants his son to marry Caepio's daughter.
(b) He wants to negotiate terms with him.
(c) He wants to protect him from the Germans.
(d) He wants his daughter to marry Caepio's son.

5. Why did Marius stay up all night the night before his inauguration day?
(a) To protect his family from troublemakers.
(b) To draft a law he plans to pass without Senator's knowledge.
(c) To ensure there were no bad omens.
(d) To write out his inauguration speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Senate want to make Marius Ponitfex Maximus?

2. What does the Senate do to try and make Caepio comply with their orders?

3. Who tries to hold Caepio to some account even though he was not brought up on treason charges?

4. What would the pletariat be able to get for enlisting?

5. What comforts Caepio after the situation with the gold?

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