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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. What is Hispania Ulterior when Marius is sent to battle the bandits there?
(a) A major supplier of food for Rome.
(b) A major ally to Rome.
(c) A civilized province.
(d) An uncivilized province.

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

3. What language did Marius speak very little of?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) Italian.
(d) Greek.

4. How was Marius raised?
(a) With no specific standards.
(b) To the ancient Roman standards.
(c) Against the ancient Roman standards.
(d) To the modern Roman standards.

5. Who is killed when Marius and Cinna take over Rome?
(a) Crassus's entire family.
(b) Crassus's father and brother.
(c) Crassus's friend.
(d) Crassus's uncle and cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles long is the trench that Crassus digs upon meeting Spartacus on the peninsula?

2. What happens to Fimbria after he welcomes Sulla into his camp?

3. Where does Sulla almost suffer a defeat until he rallies back with his men?

4. What is Sulla looking for as he sails to Aedepsus for rest?

5. What tactic does Sulla employ to overcome his men's fear of war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is interesting about the way Marius first tries to stand for the aedileship?

2. Where does the expression, "one of Marius's mules" originate?

3. What happens to Crassus's son?

4. How does Marius's first military experience inspire him to pursue greater accomplishments?

5. What is the mystery surrounding Marius's death?

6. What questionable things does Marius do during his sixth term as consul?

7. How does the feud between Marius and Metellus begin?

8. What kinds of omens does Crassus receive on his way to Syria and how does he respond to them?

9. What is interesting about Sulla's funeral and the inscription on his burial stone?

10. What happens between Crassus and the Spartans that shows his view of war?

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