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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many volumes was the agricultural encyclopedia that Aemilianus saved from the flames when Carthage fell?
(a) 18.
(b) 28.
(c) 24.
(d) 12.

2. How long did it take to build Vespasian's amphitheater that came to be known as the Colosseum?
(a) 12 years.
(b) About 15 years.
(c) Almost 10 years.
(d) 8 years.

3. In the third century CE, how many petitions did a governor of Egphy receive in just three days?
(a) 700.
(b) 900.
(c) 1,100.
(d) 1,800.

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

5. After Trajan was named emperor, how long was it before he returned to Rome from Germany?
(a) More than a year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 8 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What design did Augustus choose for his signet ring?

2. When was Sulla elected consul?

3. How old was Gaius Octavious when Julius Caesar was assassinated?

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

5. How many Roman emperors were there in almost 200 years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What property did Cicero own, and how wealthy was he?

2. Who was Pliny the Younger?

3. What carnage happened after Carthage fell?

4. How did emperors gain their fortunes?

5. How was Roman marriage a simple and private business?

6. What loot did Pompey attain after his victory over King Mithradates VI of Pontus?

7. What contribution did Caesar make to timekeeping?

8. How did Cicero describe the time when he entertained Caesar for dinner in one of his seaside estates?

9. What was Gaius Sempronius Gracchus known for doing?

10. What does the portrayal of Nero by modern historians demonstrate about history?

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