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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 the Senate send Calpurnius to Numidia?
(a) To kill Jugurtha.
(b) To arrest Jugurtha.
(c) To set up a trial for Jugurtha.
(d) To take over the country.

2. What does Sallust say men are obsessed by which controls their lives?
(a) Love.
(b) Power.
(c) Material items.
(d) God.

3. What does Sallust say about men's lives and fate in Chapter I-XII?
(a) Too many men allow fate to control their lives.
(b) Nothing can overcome fate.
(c) Fate is in the hands of the Gods.
(d) Fate does not exist.

4. To what office do the Roman people elect Quintin Metellus?
(a) Governor.
(b) Consul.
(c) Senate.
(d) Administrator.

5. How does Sallust present the Roman army in the beginning?
(a) As well meaning but ineffectual.
(b) As brutal and incompetent.
(c) As an undisciplined army of brutes.
(d) As a precise professional force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adherbal manage to do when he is caught in Cirta?

2. How does Metellus attempt to provoke Jugurtha?

3. Why does Memmuis send Lucius Cassius to Numidia?

4. Where does Micipas send Jugurtha to fight?

5. Who does the majority of the people support in the Jugurthine War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Metellus tries to capture Zama?

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

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

4. What happens as fear spreads through Numidia?

5. What does Marius do when he is in Numidia?

6. What does the Senate tell Jugurtha he must do about Adherbal and what is Jugurtha's response?

7. How does the Roman public react to Marius and Metellus's falling out?

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

9. How does Rome feel about Metellus's encounters with Jugurtha and what is Metellus's response to this?

10. How does Jugurtha take care of Annuis?

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