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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. Where does Metellus leave his prisoners and his baggage?
(a) Cirta.
(b) Vacca.
(c) Thala.
(d) Zama.

2. What does Jugurtha do when Metellus marches past his ambush?
(a) Attacks him.
(b) Withdraws, he is too outnumbered.
(c) Nothing, he waits to see what Metellus is going to do.
(d) Calls a truce to parley.

3. Who persuades Jugurtha to keep silent about corruption in the Roman government?
(a) Caius Baebius.
(b) Cassisus.
(c) Memmuis
(d) Massiva.

4. What does Jugurtha figure out about Romans and wealth?
(a) They value wealth over their country.
(b) They are not much interested in wealth.
(c) Wealthy people are not allowed in the Senate.
(d) It is very easy to have wealth in Rome.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the heir the the Numidian throne after Jugurtha?

2. Who does the Roman public favor in the next consul election?

3. What kind of welcome does the public give Metellus when he returns to Rome?

4. What does Metellus realize about Zama?

5. What does Jugurtha tell the Roman representatives who come to check on the situation in Numidia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sallust say about public office and what most men don't want and how they gain promotions?

2. What does Metellus do with Bohumilcar?

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

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

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

6. What happens when Metellus tries to capture Zama?

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

8. How do the Romans finally arrest Jugurtha?

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

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

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