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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far back might excavations under modern Rome over the last 100 years have unearthed?
(a) 850 BCE.
(b) 1000 BCE.
(c) 500 BCE.
(d) 700 BCE.

2. When did Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus secure the final defeat of Hannibal?
(a) 209 BCE.
(b) 211 BCE.
(c) 202 BCE.
(d) 200 BCE.

3. Where were painting discovered in a tomb that depicted exploits of Servius Tullius?
(a) Liguria.
(b) Vulci.
(c) Umbria.
(d) Lombardy.

4. What was the perimeter of the wall erected around the city in the early fourth century BCE?
(a) 12 miles.
(b) 6 miles.
(c) 7 miles.
(d) 10 miles.

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

6. During the Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, how many deaths were there in a single afternoon?
(a) About 50,000.
(b) 98,000.
(c) 64,000.
(d) Up to 70,000.

7. How much wheat would the army that the Romans and their allies fielded at Cannae have required daily?
(a) 75 tons.
(b) 125 tons.
(c) 50 tons.
(d) 100 tons.

8. 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?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 5 days.

9. How far was the town where Cicero grew up from Rome?
(a) 65 miles.
(b) 57 miles.
(c) About 70 miles.
(d) Around 80 miles.

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

11. To what date did the list of consuls go back?
(a) 524 BCE.
(b) 501 BCE.
(c) 509 BCE.
(d) 538 BCE.

12. How many other burials were in Barbatus's mausoleum?
(a) About 20.
(b) More than 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 25.

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

14. What animal was said to have nurtured Remus and Romulus?
(a) Dog.
(b) Goat.
(c) Deer.
(d) Wolf.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Constantine convert to Christianity?

2. When was the poet Ovid banished?

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

4. In Chapter 3, within what radius of Rome were heroic battles fought?

5. How old were Catline and Cicero when they faced off before the senate in 63 BCE?

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