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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 the Senate do after the affair with Annuis?

2. What does Sallust say people should not do if the government is corrupt?

3. What does Jugurtha do with his army?

4. With whom does Jugurtha make friends when he is fighting for Micipas?

5. When do Annuis' officers leave their posts?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens as fear spreads through Numidia?

6. How does Jugurtha provoke Adherbal into resuming hostilities?

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

8. How do the Romans finally arrest Jugurtha?

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

10. What does Jugurtha hear about Metellus, what is his response to that and how does Metellus respond to Jugurtha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

From Sallust's perspective, the Jugurthine war was more akin to a civil war between the nobility and the people, and Jugurtha was an excuse for the takeover.

1. Why do you think Sallust calls the Jugurthine War a civil war? Do you agree with this assertion? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. In some ways, some of the wars in which the United States has participated were civil wars, at least from Sallust's perspective. Do you think it is moral or immoral for America to interfere in a civil war in another country? Why or why not?

3. If one believes Sallust's description of civil war, then the American Revolution would have to be considered a civil war. Debate the two sides to this statement.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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