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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. In 66 BCE, how long had the Romans been fighting King Mithradates with little success?
(a) More than 20 years.
(b) 18 years.
(c) About 15 years.
(d) 11 years.

2. In the first BCE, how many books did a scholar devote to a history of Latin?
(a) 31.
(b) 25.
(c) 48.
(d) 16.

3. When did Lucius Antonius and Fulvia admit defeat?
(a) 37 BCE.
(b) Late 39 BCE.
(c) Early 40 BCE.
(d) 36 BCE.

4. How many quotations from the poetry of Virgil were scrawled as graffiti on the walls of Pompeii?
(a) 47.
(b) About 40.
(c) More than 50.
(d) 63.

5. How many doctors were on Livia's staff?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus assassinated?

3. How old was Pompey when he became a consul in 70 BCE?

4. When did Cicero decide to join the Pompeians in the civil war?

5. Near the location of what modern city was Carthage located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the biggest killer of young adult women from Rome and why?

2. Why could money not protect the rich from the discomforts and harsher sides of ancient life?

3. What law was a part of Gaius Gracchus's reform program?

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

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

6. Who was Caesar's heir?

7. What was Gaius Sempronius Gracchus known for doing?

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

9. How did emperors gain their fortunes?

10. How was Caesar assassinated?

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