Julius Caesar Context

What was the financial status of Julius Caesar's family during his childhood?

• Extremely wealthy and influential

• Noble but not particularly rich

• Impoverished and struggling

• Middle-class with no political connections

What happened to Julius Caesar after his uncle and his ally lost the civil war to Lucius Cornelius Sulla?

• He was promoted to a higher military rank

• He was granted more land and wealth

• He was stripped of his priesthood, robbed of his inheritance, and went into hiding

• He became a close advisor to Sulla

What career path did Caesar pursue after being stripped of his priestly title?

• He became a historian

• He joined the army

• He became a merchant

• He retired from public life

Who were the members of the First Triumvirate?

• Caesar, Augustus, and Mark Antony

• Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus

• Caesar, Marius, and Sulla

• Caesar, Brutus, and Cassius

What event significantly weakened the First Triumvirate, leading to increased tension between Caesar and Pompey?

• Crassus's death in a military campaign.

• Pompey marrying the daughter of one of Caesar's political enemies.

• Caesar's daughter, who was married to Pompey, dying in childbirth.

• Caesar's refusal to disband his legions.

What action did Caesar take when Pompey and the Senate demanded he disband his legions and return to Rome?

• He immediately returned to Rome and disbanded his legions.

• He fled to Egypt to seek refuge.

• He took a single legion and marched to the border of Italy, refusing to comply.

• He formed a new alliance with Crassus.

During the Battle of Pharsalus, what was Pompey's initial strategy against Caesar's army, given his numerical advantage?

• To launch an immediate, overwhelming frontal assault.

• To wait for Caesar's army to starve due to lack of provisions.

• To use his superior cavalry to outflank Caesar's forces.

• To retreat and regroup in a more defensible position.

What was Caesar's age and the number of times he was stabbed during his assassination?

• Age 50, stabbed 15 times.

• Age 55, stabbed 23 times.

• Age 60, stabbed 30 times.

• Age 45, stabbed 10 times.