View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What would the pletariat be able to get for enlisting?
(a) Support.
(b) Status.
(c) Pay.
(d) Land.

3. 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.

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

5. What request does Marius make of Metellus?
(a) To resign as consul.
(b) To let him be in charge of the battle.
(c) To allow him to return to Rome.
(d) To all Jugurtha to remain the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kills Stichus?

2. How does Marius feel when he leaves the senators?

3. Which of the following was a reason that Silanus was left behind?

4. On which holiday does this novel begin?

5. What was Hercules Atlas know for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Marius goes to see Marth, the King's prophet?

2. How does Marius respond to the complaints and issues the Senators bring up about his proposed bill?

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

4. What attitude has Julilla adopted about Marius?

5. What does Caesar confide to Marius privately about Sulla and how does Marius react?

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

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

8. Why was Julilla starving herself and what was the response to this action?

9. To what was Metellus elected and with this election what was he given?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 701 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample