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WorksheetsIntro to de Bello Gallico
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Members of the First Triumvirate:
Julius Caesar
Pompey Magnus
Licinius Crassus
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Cato the Younger
Gaius Julius Caesar was born in:
100 BCE
44 BCE
52 BCE
75 BCE
Which political figures was Julius Caesar related to by marriage?
Pompey Magnus
Marius
Cicero
Cato the Younger
Whose reforms created a paid, professional army who was more loyal to its general than the Senate?
Marius
Sulla
Julius Caesar
Pompey Magnus
Which people group sacked the city of Rome in 390 BCE?
Gauls
Etruscans
Greeks
Carthaginians
What saved Rome when it was sacked in 390 BCE?
Juno's sacred geese
famine
walls
arrival of Camillus
When was Caesar elected consul?
60 BCE
59 BCE
52 BCE
45 BCE
Who was Caesar's Co-Consul?
Pompey Magnus
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
Of which provinces was Caesar made governor after his consulship?
Illyricum
Cisalpine Gaul
Transalpine Gaul
Gallia Comata
Hispania
How many legions did Caesar command when he left for Gaul?
1
5
4
7
How many legions did Caesar raise in Gaul?
1
4
5
7
When did war in Gaul end?
49 BCE
51 BCE
52 BCE
48 BCE
Who leads the Senate's forces when Caesar marches on Rome?
Cato the Younger
Cicero
Crassus
Pompey Magnus
What was the decisive battle of the Civil War?
Alesia
Pharsalus
Bibracte
Thapsus
What title did Caesar give him self after taking Rome?
Consul
Imperator
Dictator
Dictator Perpetuus
When did Caesar write de Bello Gallico?
After his return to Rome
After winning the Civil War
During the Gallic War
Before the Gallic War
Who wrote Book of de Bello Gallico?
Pompey Magnus
Marcus Antonius
Aulus Hirtius
Augustus
Who was the trophy in Caesar's triumph?
Orgetorix
Ambiorix
Dumnorix
Vercingetorix
In how many instances does Caesar use the 1st person in de Bello Gallico?
once
ten times
twice
five times
Where was Pompey Magnus killed?
Greece
Italy
Gaul
Egypt
Who birthed Caesar's only known son?
Calpurnia
Sulpicia
Servilia
Cleopatra
Because Caesar uses the 3rd person for himself and his opponents, what must we pay careful attention to?
reflexive and demonstrative pronouns
subject/verb agreement
rhetorical devices
subjunctives
What construction did Caesar use for his opponents speeches?
indirect question
indirect command
indirect statement
ablative absolute
How many instances of direct speech are there in de Bello Gallico?
1
2
5
8
