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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kills Stichus?
(a) He was poisoned.
(b) He is hung as a traitor.
(c) He died of natural causes.
(d) He was stabbed.

2. What was the Destroyer?
(a) Leader.
(b) German.
(c) Mushroom.
(d) Poison.

3. Why was Julilia starving herself?
(a) To protect herself from being poisoned.
(b) To protest the war.
(c) To gain her father's affection.
(d) To get Sulla to admit his love for her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metellus claim to get Rufus and Marius to join him on the expedition to remove Jugurtha?

2. In what year does this novel begin?

3. Who threatens the city of Rome while many of the warriors are headed to Africa?

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

5. What happened after the Germans defeated Silanus's army?

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