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

2. To where does Adherbal escape with his soldiers?
(a) Cirta.
(b) Rome.
(c) France.
(d) Numidia.

3. What does the Senate decide is the reason Bocchus fights with Jugurtha?
(a) They don't decide, they don't care about the reason.
(b) He was offered a lot of money.
(c) He was led astray.
(d) He hates the Romans.

4. Why does Jugurtha bribe Romans?
(a) To build his popularity.
(b) To get a seat in the Senate.
(c) To get his brother arrested.
(d) To get an army.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sallust say about men's lives and fate in Chapter I-XII?

3. What did the Romans give to King Masinissa?

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

5. What does Memmuis do about Jugurtha?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jugurtha do after he flees Thala?

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

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

4. What happens when Metellus tries to capture Zama?

5. How does Jugurtha take care of Annuis?

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

7. How does the war between Jugurtha and Adhrbal start?

8. What happens as fear spreads through Numidia?

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

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

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