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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. Which of the following characters is the newly elected consul?
(a) Publius.
(b) Sulla.
(c) Bocchus.
(d) Caepio.

2. Why does Saturninus leave Rome?
(a) He is hunting for Sulla.
(b) He was asked to lead troops to Gaul.
(c) He needed to warn Marius.
(d) He was stripped of his Senate seat.

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

4. What does Scaurus suspect has been happening in regard to the grain?
(a) The products have been stolen by the Germans.
(b) The crops have been purposefully damaged.
(c) The slaves are withholding much of the product.
(d) There has been price manipulation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Senate do to try and make Caepio comply with their orders?

2. What comforts Caepio after the situation with the gold?

3. Why does King Bocchus seek out Marius?

4. Where does Marius imprison Saturninus?

5. What does Marius find when he captures the citadel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Publius an expert on and what does he hope to do some day?

2. What happens when Marius and his army meet the Cimbri army and why is this the case?

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

4. How does Caepio spend his time once he deals with the few barbarians left in the area?

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

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

7. What is happening to Gaius Caesar (elder) and what happens to his son?

8. What kind of triumphal march does Marius want and why does he want this kind?

9. What steps does Marius take which he hopes will help his case and how does the election turn out?

10. What new bill does Saturninus introduce and what are the repercussions of this introduction?

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