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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Caesar leave Italy for Gaul for a five-year command that continued on for another five years?
(a) 56 BCE.
(b) 58 BCE.
(c) 51 BCE.
(d) 55 BCE.

2. How many occupations were there in the city of Rome alone?
(a) 95.
(b) 200.
(c) 100.
(d) 150.

3. On what river is Rome?
(a) Rubicon.
(b) Ofanto.
(c) Po.
(d) Tiber.

4. In 9 CE, where was there a terrible military disaster?
(a) Germany.
(b) Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Africa.

5. What year did Cicero prosecute Gaius Verres with a case that launched his career?
(a) 67 BCE.
(b) 69 BCE.
(c) 70 BCE.
(d) 62 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 63 BCE, when did Catline and Cicero go before the senate?

2. When was Polybius in his 30s and taken to Rome as one of 1,000 Greek detainees?

3. Under which emperor did Pliny the Younger serve as a governor of the province of Bithynia?

4. When did the Roman people vote to expel anyone who had put a citizen to death without trial?

5. To qualify as a local counselor, how many roof tiles did the man's house have to have?

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