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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did marauding Gauls occupy Rome?
(a) Around 280 BCE.
(b) 402 BCE.
(c) Around 390 BCE.
(d) 219 BCE.

2. When did the Roman people vote to expel anyone who had put a citizen to death without trial?
(a) 60 BCE.
(b) 54 BCE.
(c) 57 BCE.
(d) 58 BCE.

3. On what river is Rome?
(a) Po.
(b) Ofanto.
(c) Tiber.
(d) Rubicon.

4. When were the remains of an early cemetery found underneath the Forum?
(a) Beginning of the 20th century.
(b) End of the 20th century.
(c) 19th century.
(d) 18th century.

5. What language was the inscription written in that was found under black stone in the Forum?
(a) Greek.
(b) Coptic.
(c) Sumerian.
(d) Latin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Caracall make every free inhabitant of the empire a Roman citizen?

2. How many of Cicero's letters survived?

3. When did Hungarian protesters use one of Cicero's phrases to protest the rewrite of the constitution?

4. On what hill did Romulus choose to found the city of Rome?

5. During the Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, how many deaths were there in a single afternoon?

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