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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marius hope his campaign will do?
(a) End the war in Africa.
(b) Get him elected.
(c) Expose Metellus's incompetence.
(d) Save his wife and son.

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

3. How are Marius and Gaius Julius Caesar related?
(a) Uncle and nephew.
(b) They are not related.
(c) Father and son.
(d) Brothers.

4. Who prepare Nicopolis's will?
(a) Sulla.
(b) Clitumna.
(c) Julilia.
(d) Gais Caesar.

5. How does Sulla fill his days?
(a) Governmental politics.
(b) Drinking and sex.
(c) Learning a trade.
(d) Taking care of his sick mother.

6. After the two deaths, what has Sulla qualified for?
(a) A knighthood.
(b) An army leadership position.
(c) A consul position.
(d) A senate seat.

7. Why do many of the senators automatically not like Marius?
(a) They don't like a New Man being in this position.
(b) They do not accept the results of the election.
(c) They do not approve of his treatment of Metellus.
(d) They do not trust his family.

8. Why does Marius decide to marry this new girl?
(a) To meet his own personal needs.
(b) To stop an assassination attempt.
(c) To be connected to an important family.
(d) To prevent a senate overthrow.

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

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

11. What is Marius's current position in the army?
(a) Leader of a legion.
(b) Aide to Metellus's young son.
(c) Spy searching for Jugurtha.
(d) Troop commander.

12. What happens to Clitumna after Nicopolis dies?
(a) She becomes very depressed.
(b) She becomes closer to Julilia.
(c) She tells Gais Caesar that she thinks Nicopolis was murdered.
(d) She falls in love with Sulla.

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

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

15. What does Marius say is necessary if he plans to defeat Jugurtha?
(a) A new way to raise new armies.
(b) A new way to approve who can fight in the armies.
(c) A new way to hold soldiers accountable.
(d) A new way to train soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Sulla ensure Hercules will not tell his part in the deception?

3. What was the Destroyer?

4. What does Jugurtha want his half-brother to find for him?

5. Why are many Romans gathered at the temple?

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