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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 does King Bocchus respond to giving Sulla Jugurtha?
(a) He says that he will not sell out his friends.
(b) He takes Sulla hostage and gives him to Jugurtha.
(c) He is not happy and does not want to.
(d) He claims that he does not know where Jugurtha is hiding.

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

3. How long does it take Marius's army to defeat the entire Cimbri army?
(a) One afternoon.
(b) One day.
(c) One week.
(d) One year.

4. Where is Caepio when he thinks he sees gold and silver?
(a) Near a mountain.
(b) Under a bridge.
(c) In a cave.
(d) On a lake.

5. Where is Caepio being sent?
(a) To the west to find new lands to conquer.
(b) To take over the war in Africa.
(c) To deal with the Germans.
(d) To relieve Marius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does Publius find in the cave?

2. What does Scaurus suspect has been happening in regard to the grain?

3. Which of his skills does Marius find out are not very strong?

4. Which of the following characters is the newly elected consul?

5. Why does the senate begin to fear Marius?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Marius's plan for ending the war in Africa for once and all?

2. What does Marius realize about the German's food supply?

3. What happens when both Caepio and Mallius return to the senate to tell their side of the story and what is the senate's decision as to how to protect themselves?

4. Who does Sulla return with and what does this person share with both he and Marius?

5. Why is the idea of two separate Triumphs repellent and what does Marius suggest instead?

6. What happens to Caepio when the German's defeat the divided army?

7. How does Caepio's methods for creating an army differ from Marius's?

8. What happens to the gold that Caepio has sent on its way to a city near Rome and how does he react?

9. Why does King Bocchus become involved in the war in Africa?

10. What has happened with the two kings who survived the battle in Africa?

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