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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. What does Metellus do about Vacca?
(a) Appoint Marius as governor.
(b) Takes the city back.
(c) Burns it to the ground.
(d) Make all the citizens slaves.

2. What does Jugurtha do against Metellus's army?
(a) Attacks the entire army.
(b) Small ambushes.
(c) Tries to subvert it from within.
(d) Runs from it.

3. Why does Jugurtha send his best men to Zama?
(a) His money is stored in Zama.
(b) Metellus plans to attack that city.
(c) It is where most of their families live.
(d) He is fortifying against Antonio.

4. What does Adherbal manage to do when he is caught in Cirta?
(a) Kill Jugurtha.
(b) Get to Rome himself.
(c) Deliver a message to Rome.
(d) Repel Jugurtha's attack.

5. What does Jugurtha do once the Senate has made its decision on Numidia?
(a) Provokes Adherbal into a war.
(b) Assassinates Adherbal.
(c) Kills some of the Senators who opposed him.
(d) Happily settles down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marius retreat to when attacked by Jugurtha?

2. What does Micipas do after receiving a letter from Scipio about Jugurtha's actions during the war?

3. What does the Senate do in response to Jugurtha's behavior towards Adherbal?

4. What does Jugurtha do when he hears of Metellus's character?

5. What does Metellus offer Bohumilcar as a bribe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adherbal do when he runs to Rome and how does that work out for him?

2. What forces the Senate to act against Jugurtha and what do they do?

3. How does the Senate respond to Jugurtha's action towards Adherbal?

4. What does Sallust say about man's intellectual ability and fate?

5. What does Jugurtha decide to do after he agrees to surrender to Metellus?

6. What does Sallust say is the reason he is writing The Jugurthine War book?

7. What type of government does Sallust say could solve the problems but what happens when that is attempted?

8. How, when and why did a rift develop between Jugurtha and his brothers?

9. Who is Marcus Scaurus and what does the Senate have him do? How does Jugurtha respond to Scaurus?

10. How does Metellus handle Jugurtha's ambush and what does he do after the first encounter with Jugurtha?

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