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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 was Metellus implicated in?

2. Why does Caesar want to think about Sulla's proposition that he marry Julilia?

3. What happens at the party between Sulla and Hercules?

4. What does Marius do as he travels throughout Africa?

5. Why is the king of Numidia, Jugurtha in the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caesar confide to Marius privately about Sulla and how does Marius react?

2. What happens when Marius goes to see Marth, the King's prophet?

3. Why is Bomilcar unhappy with Jugurtha?

4. What do Marius and Rufus do because of their frustrations with Metellus's mishandling of the war in Africa?

5. What bill did Marius introduce that the other Senators were not happy he introduced?

6. What changes does Marius make to the legions he takes with him back to Africa?

7. Why was Silanus intentionally left behind while the others left for the mission in Africa?

8. What does Marius ask of Sulla when the meet for the first time?

9. Where does Sulla find Clitumna when he returns and what does he do when he finds her?

10. What happened when Cassius took troops to attack the Germans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you believe the senate distrusts and dislikes Marius so much? Are their beliefs founded or unfounded? Why ?

Essay Topic 2

What happened to friendships throughout this novel? Were there any real friendships? If so, how did they survive? If not, why weren't there any?

Essay Topic 3

Which character demonstrates the greatest amount of Roman noble characteristics? Why do you think this way? Which one demonstrates the least amount of these characteristics? Why do you think this way?

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