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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jugurtha figure out about Romans and wealth?

2. What does Jugurtha do to Hiempsal?

3. What does Metellus do with his soldiers when he retreats?

4. What does Jugurtha begin to do after he decides not to surrender?

5. What type of public positions, according to Sallust, are not desired by public servants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Metellus tries to capture Zama?

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

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

4. What does the senate decide to do about Numidia?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Jugurtha provoke Adherbal into resuming hostilities?

10. What does Jugurtha do after he flees Thala?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cato implies that the government is full of corrupt and power-hungry individuals who promote their own wealth over the health of the state.

1. What have you read in this book that would lead you to agree with Cato? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. There are many who would say almost all governments are full of corruption. Do you agree or disagree with this? Why or why not?

3. There are some people who compare present day America with the last years of Rome. Compare the two nations with what you see are the similarities and the differences.

Essay Topic 2

Sallust starts by talking about the strengths of the mind and the body. He puts the virtues of the mind above that of the body, but he understands that war needs both the mind for planning and the body for attacking.

1. Discuss the strengths of the mind versus the strengths of the body. Include in your discussion how one might complement the other and how one might interfere with the other.

2. Discuss the different uses of the body and the mind for war. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

3. Using the text as a resource, why do you think Sallust puts the virtue of the mind above that of the body? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Sallust claims Catiline looked mostly to capture the minds and support of youngsters, buying them gifts and sending them mistresses.

1. Why do you think Catiline tried to get the young people on his side? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. In Germany when Hitler began his Nazi campaign it was the young people he targeted. Discuss how this relates to Catiline.

3. Do you think all young people could be brought with gifts? What kind of young person do you think could not be bribed? Discuss what you think of the character of someone who can be bribed to follow someone?

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