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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, who did Cicero appeal to at the end of his speech regarding Catiline?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Mars.
(d) Jupiter.

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

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

4. When was the battle that Barbatus fought in that defeated an Italian army at Sentinum?
(a) 293 BCE.
(b) 290 BCE.
(c) 291 BCE.
(d) 295 BCE.

5. When was Polybius in his 30s and taken to Rome as one of 1,000 Greek detainees?
(a) 172 BCE.
(b) 155 BCE.
(c) 194 BCE.
(d) 168 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Sabine king when the Romans battled the Sabines?

2. When did Alexander the Great lead his Macedonia army on a conquest from Greece to India.

3. According to stories, when did the first barbers start to work in Rome?

4. When did Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus secure the final defeat of Hannibal?

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

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