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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Sulla.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which war does Sulla serve under Marius?
(a) The war in Hispania Ulterior.
(b) The war in the Rhone Alps.
(c) The war in Asia.
(d) The war in Africa.

2. What was unique about the Tuetones and the Cimbri?
(a) They did not represent a political state.
(b) They included people from various countries.
(c) They included women and children.
(d) They refused to fight against Marius.

3. What serves as the basis for the saying, "one of Marius's mules"?
(a) His army carrying their own packs for brief trips.
(b) His army having to carry their own packs for long trips.
(c) Marius himself carrying his own pack for all trips.
(d) His army using twice as many mules to carry their packs.

4. Whom does Marius face during his first military service?
(a) The Celtiberians.
(b) Jugurtha.
(c) The Tuetones.
(d) The Cimbri.

5. What is Sulla the first Roman to do, pertaining to the Parthians?
(a) He is the first to be approached by the Parthians for an alliance.
(b) He is the first to be captured and released by the Parthians.
(c) He is the first to be made the general of the Parthians' army.
(d) He is the first to be attacked by the Parthians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sulla publish after taking control of Rome?

2. What traditional belief does Marius go against in his first consul?

3. How does Caesar describe the results of Sulla's second bid for praetorship?

4. What happens to Metella, Sulla's wife, during one of his banquets?

5. Why does Sulla say that he divorced Metella?

(see the answer key)

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