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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mallius charged with?
(a) Delivering messages from the senate.
(b) A head count army to head off the Germans.
(c) A role within Caepio's army.
(d) Going to Africa and bringing back Marius.

2. What happens when Sulla goes to see King Bocchus and deliver Marius's message?
(a) Jugurtha is there not Bocchus.
(b) The king has already been killed.
(c) The king has fled and an advisor is left.
(d) Sulla is taken hostage.

3. What does Sulla suspect the Germans will do before they begin the invasion?
(a) Disperse to collect food.
(b) Divide up into different factions that will move to different parts of the country.
(c) Come together to plan strategy.
(d) Move their encampments across the bridges.

4. What allows Saturninus to cast the deciding vote in Marius's land bill?
(a) Marius bribes Saturninus.
(b) A Tribune is murdered.
(c) Caesar gives Saturninus permission to cast the deciding vote.
(d) Saturninus begins acting more normal.

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

6. Why does Marius suggest a joint triumph?
(a) He knows the people will see him as the true victor.
(b) He wants to show respect to Caesar.
(c) does not care about triumphs.
(d) It will gain him more favor with the Senate.

7. What does Marius do that is expressly illegal?
(a) Overthrow the senate.
(b) Become First Man in Rome.
(c) March an army into Rome.
(d) Kill his friend.

8. Who does Caepio believe should be in command of a united army?
(a) Mallius.
(b) Marius.
(c) Rufus.
(d) Caepio.

9. What does Caepio find when he arrives in Gaul?
(a) Most of the Germans residing there have already left.
(b) All of the Germans were killed by the natives to this region.
(c) He needs to travel even farther to be successful.
(d) The Germans are already engaged in another battle.

10. How does Marius get his land?
(a) The Senate gives him land to reward him for all of his.
(b) His father-in-law has left him his land in his will.
(c) Saturninus gets the law for those that fought to get land in Africa passed.
(d) He claims land that he has captured from the Germans.

11. What position does Marius agree to support Saturninus for?
(a) Quaestor.
(b) Senator.
(c) Tribunal.
(d) Consul.

12. Why doesn't Caepio want to give up his command?
(a) Because he plans on having his son married there.
(b) Because he does not want to lose power.
(c) Because Mallius is a New Man.
(d) Because he found the gold.

13. Which of his skills does Marius find out are not very strong?
(a) Personal.
(b) Political.
(c) Military.
(d) Electoral.

14. Who does Sulla take with him on his adventure?
(a) Caepio.
(b) Marius.
(c) Quintus Sertorius.
(d) Julilla.

15. What happens to Jugurtha?
(a) He is never captured.
(b) Bocchus captures him.
(c) Sulla captures him.
(d) Marius captures him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What oath does Saturninus make the senators take?

2. What happens to the gold Caepio found?

3. Why does Marius send out raiding parties to neighboring cities to rape and pillage them?

4. How did Caepio's son survive the battle?

5. What message does Marius send back to King Bocchus?

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