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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 is not part of Caepio's punishment after he is convicted?
(a) Stripping of his Roman citizenship.
(b) Exile from Rome.
(c) Flogging.
(d) 15,000 talents penalty.

2. Who sneaks in to kill the leaders of the coup?
(a) Marius.
(b) Saturninus.
(c) Glaucia.
(d) Sulla.

3. Why do Caepio and his son race back to Rome after the battle?
(a) Because Mallius has threatened them.
(b) Because they are trying to get reinforcements.
(c) Because they want to tell their side of the story.
(d) Because the Germans are hunting them.

4. How does Caepio feel about what happened to the gold?
(a) He is devastated.
(b) He is relieved.
(c) He is ashamed.
(d) He is suicidal.

5. What does Marius believe will be of greater incentive to the head-count army?
(a) Land in Africa.
(b) Awards and medals.
(c) Additional funds.
(d) Positions in the Senate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marius do that is expressly illegal?

2. How does Marius get his land?

3. Why does Publius head into a cave?

4. How did Caepio's son survive the battle?

5. What does Marius recognize as being important to a military man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the senators believe will happen to Marius and whose behavior compounds this issue further?

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

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

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 does Marius realize about the German's food supply?

6. What path does Marius decide to take and why does he decide to take this path?

7. What happens when Caepio receives the orders that he must give up command to Mallius?

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

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

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

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