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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marius want to happen?
(a) He wants to marry a rich woman.
(b) He wants to become consul.
(c) He wants to hold a new election.
(d) He wants to be respected.

2. Why does Caesar want to think about Sulla's proposition that he marry Julilia?
(a) He is surprised by this sudden development.
(b) He is upset with the deceit Julilia has maintained.
(c) He is suspicious of all of the deaths around Sulla.
(d) He is unsure of Julilia's wishes.

3. 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.

4. Why won't Jugurtha make Bomilcar the regent of the kingdom?
(a) Because Bomilcar does not follow orders.
(b) Because he is too important as an advisor.
(c) Because Bomilcar betrayed him.
(d) Because he doesn't have royal blood.

5. Which of the following was a reason that Silanus was left behind?
(a) He was the strongest consul member to protect the city.
(b) It was thought he lacked the talent to be in battle.
(c) He was the oldest and wisest of the senators.
(d) It was thought he would not survive the trip to Africa.

6. What has happened to Metellus's credibility in Rome?
(a) It has been restored.
(b) It has been exaggerated.
(c) It has been undermined.
(d) It has been relieved.

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

8. How doe the senators feel about the bill Marius has proposed?
(a) Determined.
(b) Scandalized.
(c) Enraged.
(d) Anxious.

9. What ambition has Sulla lost?
(a) The ambition to be a distinguished member of Roman society.
(b) The desire to become a consul.
(c) The ambition to apologize for his ways.
(d) The ambition to help the poorer members of his family.

10. What does Marius do with those that surrendered when he took over the castle?
(a) He tortures them for their secrets.
(b) He gives them amnesty.
(c) He has them killed.
(d) He drafts them into his army.

11. What does Metellus claim to get Rufus and Marius to join him on the expedition to remove Jugurtha?
(a) They can protect their friend, Jugurtha as part of a secret mission.
(b) That he has forgotten the harassment they did to him in the past.
(c) He will be able to ensure a higher place for them on the consul.
(d) They will be able to find great wealth.

12. What military campaign is the new counsel planning on beginning?
(a) To assassinate another senator.
(b) To take over more lands.
(c) To remove Jugurtha from the throne.
(d) To trap their enemies outside of the city.

13. Who does Marius decide he will marry?
(a) Juliet.
(b) Julilla.
(c) Julia.
(d) Julian.

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

15. How does Sulla ensure Hercules will not tell his part in the deception?
(a) He poisons him.
(b) He throws him off of a cliff.
(c) He threatens him.
(d) He stabs him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicopolis die from?

2. What request does Marius make of Metellus?

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

4. What does Marius claim he does not need with his new bill proposal?

5. What happens to the second child Marius and Julia have?

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