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Intro to de Bello Gallico

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Members of the First Triumvirate:

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Pompey Magnus

c)

Licinius Crassus

d)

Marcus Tullius Cicero

e)

Cato the Younger

2.

Gaius Julius Caesar was born in:

a)

100 BCE

b)

44 BCE

c)

52 BCE

d)

75 BCE

3.

Which political figures was Julius Caesar related to by marriage?

a)

Pompey Magnus

b)

Marius

c)

Cicero

d)

Cato the Younger

4.

Whose reforms created a paid, professional army who was more loyal to its general than the Senate?

a)

Marius

b)

Sulla

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Pompey Magnus

5.

Which people group sacked the city of Rome in 390 BCE?

a)

Gauls

b)

Etruscans

c)

Greeks

d)

Carthaginians

6.

What saved Rome when it was sacked in 390 BCE?

a)

Juno's sacred geese

b)

famine

c)

walls

d)

arrival of Camillus

7.

When was Caesar elected consul?

a)

60 BCE

b)

59 BCE

c)

52 BCE

d)

45 BCE

8.

Who was Caesar's Co-Consul?

a)

Pompey Magnus

b)

Marcus Tullius Cicero

c)

Marcus Licinius Crassus

d)

Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus

9.

Of which provinces was Caesar made governor after his consulship?

a)

Illyricum

b)

Cisalpine Gaul

c)

Transalpine Gaul

d)

Gallia Comata

e)

Hispania

10.

How many legions did Caesar command when he left for Gaul?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

4

d)

7

11.

How many legions did Caesar raise in Gaul?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

5

d)

7

12.

When did war in Gaul end?

a)

49 BCE

b)

51 BCE

c)

52 BCE

d)

48 BCE

13.

Who leads the Senate's forces when Caesar marches on Rome?

a)

Cato the Younger

b)

Cicero

c)

Crassus

d)

Pompey Magnus

14.

What was the decisive battle of the Civil War?

a)

Alesia

b)

Pharsalus

c)

Bibracte

d)

Thapsus

15.

What title did Caesar give him self after taking Rome?

a)

Consul

b)

Imperator

c)

Dictator

d)

Dictator Perpetuus

16.

When did Caesar write de Bello Gallico?

a)

After his return to Rome

b)

After winning the Civil War

c)

During the Gallic War

d)

Before the Gallic War

17.

Who wrote Book of de Bello Gallico?

a)

Pompey Magnus

b)

Marcus Antonius

c)

Aulus Hirtius

d)

Augustus

18.

Who was the trophy in Caesar's triumph?

a)

Orgetorix

b)

Ambiorix

c)

Dumnorix

d)

Vercingetorix

19.

In how many instances does Caesar use the 1st person in de Bello Gallico?

a)

once

b)

ten times

c)

twice

d)

five times

20.

Where was Pompey Magnus killed?

a)

Greece

b)

Italy

c)

Gaul

d)

Egypt

21.

Who birthed Caesar's only known son?

a)

Calpurnia

b)

Sulpicia

c)

Servilia

d)

Cleopatra

22.

Because Caesar uses the 3rd person for himself and his opponents, what must we pay careful attention to?

a)

reflexive and demonstrative pronouns

b)

subject/verb agreement

c)

rhetorical devices

d)

subjunctives

23.

What construction did Caesar use for his opponents speeches?

a)

indirect question

b)

indirect command

c)

indirect statement

d)

ablative absolute

24.

How many instances of direct speech are there in de Bello Gallico?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

5

d)

8