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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time has passed from the end of chapter one to the beginning of chapter two?
(a) One year.
(b) One day.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

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

3. What happens to Jugurtha after he has the traitor killed?
(a) He dies.
(b) He seeks out a new advisor.
(c) He turns to his former friends for support.
(d) He becomes paranoid and lonely.

4. What has to happen before Marius can marry?
(a) He must apologize to Metellus.
(b) He must prevent Jugurtha from taking reign.
(c) He must divorce his current wife.
(d) He must be elected to the senate.

5. Why did Marius propose the bill into the plebeian?
(a) It is the law-making house.
(b) It is a mandatory step.
(c) To ensure its success.
(d) To gain the senators approval.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Marius and Gaius Julius Caesar related?

2. Who does Marius put in charge of raising the rest of the new soldiers when he leaves for Africa?

3. With whom is Gauda unhappy?

4. What does Marius do as he travels throughout Africa?

5. On which holiday does this novel begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. From who does the Julian clan claim to be descended from and what does this give them in society?

2. Describe both of Caesar's daughters.

3. How did Marius serve the army and what was the outcome of his service?

4. Why was Silanus intentionally left behind while the others left for the mission in Africa?

5. What does Mariuus want and what stops him from achieving this goal?

6. What must Marius do in order to marry one of Caesar's daughters?

7. What does Gaius Caesar inform Sulla about Clitumna after her death?

8. What is Sulla's heritage and how does he currently live?

9. What complications happened to Julia during the birth and how did the situation end?

10. What does Caesar ask Marius when he invites him over for dinner?

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