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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 was the Septimontium festival held yearly?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) December.

2. If the information about seven kings is correct, how long would each of them have reigned?
(a) About 2 decades.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) More than 3 decades.

3. How many people lived in Rome in 63 BCE?
(a) More than a million.
(b) 984,000.
(c) About half a million.
(d) 1,250,000.

4. What historian did Cicero ask to commemorate the achievements of his consulship?
(a) Numa.
(b) Appian.
(c) Lucceius.
(d) Livy.

5. Where did Roman egions defeat Catiline's army of discontents?
(a) North Italy.
(b) Western Italy.
(c) Eastern Italy.
(d) South Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many young women were estimated to be taken during a religious festival Romulus held?

2. How old were Catline and Cicero when they faced off before the senate in 63 BCE?

3. When was the poet Ovid banished?

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

5. Where were painting discovered in a tomb that depicted exploits of Servius Tullius?

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