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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Caepio and his son race back to Rome after the battle?
(a) Because they want to tell their side of the story.
(b) Because they are trying to get reinforcements.
(c) Because the Germans are hunting them.
(d) Because Mallius has threatened them.

2. How does Marius begin his speech to the senators?
(a) By recounting the losses of the army.
(b) By telling them that he expects to learn a great deal from them both.
(c) By praising their efforts.
(d) By criticizing the way they have run the senate in the past.

3. Who sets up Gais Caesar the younger to marry Aurelia?
(a) Rufus.
(b) Sulla.
(c) Mallius.
(d) Marius.

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

5. How is Clitumna killed?
(a) She is poisoned.
(b) She is stabbed.
(c) She commits suicide.
(d) Her neck is broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does Publius find in the cave?

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

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

4. How do Rufus and Marius feel about the way Metellus is handling the war?

5. Where is Marius inducted into the consulship?

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