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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. Why does Publius head into a cave?
(a) He is ordered to explore it.
(b) He decides he needs to get away from the others for awhile.
(c) He wants to get out of the rain.
(d) He smells the smell of snails.

2. What does Marius find when he captures the citadel?
(a) Jugurtha.
(b) Brocchus.
(c) Gold.
(d) Caepio.

3. What happens to the men who killed the leaders of the coup?
(a) They receive a triumph.
(b) They are killed.
(c) They are exiled.
(d) Marius pardons them.

4. Who tries to hold Caepio to some account even though he was not brought up on treason charges?
(a) Metellus.
(b) His son-in-law, Drusus.
(c) Marius.
(d) Rufus.

5. What does Caepio do with all of the gold he finds?
(a) He hides it from the men.
(b) He puts it in a wagon and sends it toward Rome.
(c) He hides it in a cave.
(d) He places it in the middle of Gaul.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Caepio plan on raising his army?

2. What is there a shortage of in Rome?

3. How long does it take Publius to report his findings to Marius?

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

5. What idea does Sulla propose to Marius?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scaurus believe about the grain prices and what repercussions does this belief lead to?

2. What realization does Caepio come to one day when he is fishing on the lake and what does he find?

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. How does Caepio feel about the orders he was given to give up command of his army and what does he do in return?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is Marius's argument to get more men to serve in the Roman legions?

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