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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is now an important senator?
(a) Jugurtha.
(b) Metellus.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Marius.

2. Who threatens the city of Rome while many of the warriors are headed to Africa?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Greece.
(d) Germany.

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

4. Where do Metellus, Rufus and Marius travel?
(a) Germany.
(b) Africa.
(c) Greece.
(d) Sicily.

5. What complications does Julia experience as she gives birth?
(a) She becomes unconscious.
(b) The baby is born dead.
(c) She dies during childbirth.
(d) A great deal of bleeding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group of characters became friends in the army?

2. What happens at the party between Sulla and Hercules?

3. What does Nicopolis find on her picnic with Sulla?

4. Which of the Roman senators is particularly wary of Jugurtha?

5. What ambition has Sulla lost?

(see the answer key)

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