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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was it said was the father of Romulus in Chapter 2?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Vulcan.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Mars.

2. When was Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus counsul?
(a) 279 BCE.
(b) 296 BCE.
(c) 281 BCE.
(d) 298 BCE.

3. In 63 BCE, who gave Cicero intelligence regarding a violent plot?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Aelina.
(c) Livia.
(d) Fulvia.

4. Because of debt, when did the plebeians stage the first of several mass walkouts from the city?
(a) 486 BCE.
(b) 490 BCE.
(c) 488 BCE.
(d) 494 BCE.

5. When did Gaius Sallustius Crispus write about the war against Catiline?
(a) 30s BCE.
(b) 50s BCE.
(c) 40s BCE.
(d) 20s BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Aemilius Paullus returned in 167 BCE from his victory over King Perseus, how long did it take to trundle all of the loot through Rome?

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

3. In southern Italy, from what people did Barbatus take two towns?

4. When was the first aqueduct to bring water into Rome constructed?

5. How far back might excavations under modern Rome over the last 100 years have unearthed?

(see the answer key)

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