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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Cicero arrange for the First Catilinarian to be copied?
(a) May 59 BCE.
(b) April 58 BCE.
(c) June 60 BCE.
(d) July 61 BCE.

3. Toward the end of the sixth century BCE by the time the last king was thrown out approximately how many people would have lived in Rome?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 20,000 to 30,000.
(c) 18,000.
(d) 15,000 to 20,000.

4. When did Caracall make every free inhabitant of the empire a Roman citizen?
(a) 198 CE.
(b) 204 CE.
(c) 212 CE.
(d) 191 CE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Romulus and his citizens fighting at the time when the Temple of Jupiter was said to be established?

2. In Chapter 2, who did Cicero appeal to at the end of his speech regarding Catiline?

3. How many of Cicero's letters survived?

4. How many "books" (42) comprised Livy's history of Rome?

5. Who was given credit for establishing a calendar and annual roster of festivals, holy days, and holidays?

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