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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapers 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much older was Cicero than Publilia when they married?
(a) 45 years.
(b) 39 years.
(c) 43 years.
(d) 40 years.

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

3. When was the first major Roman road, the Via Appia, built?
(a) 312 BCE.
(b) 300 BCE.
(c) 309 BCE.
(d) 319 BCE.

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

5. When did Octavian become known as Augustus?
(a) 39 BCE.
(b) 27 BCE.
(c) 31 BCE.
(d) 20 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did European cities begin to reach a million inhabitants?

3. When did a law prohibit senators from owning large trading ships?

4. When was an inscription found under black stone in the Forum?

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

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