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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Rome, Pages 150 through 189.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The young aristocratic girls who are responsible for the sacred fire of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, are called:
(a) Vestal priestesses.
(b) Vestal Virgins.
(c) Vestal Vipers.
(d) Vestal vicars.

2. The Sacra Via and the Nova Via are the only of these wide enough.
(a) Streets.
(b) Churches.
(c) Rivers.
(d) Sewers.

3. The Forum Boarium was used to do this.
(a) Sell houses.
(b) Sell food.
(c) Sell jewelry.
(d) Sell livestock.

4. This is a typical style of tomb in Rome, as well as in Ostia.
(a) Columbarium.
(b) There are no tombs.
(c) Colimbaria.
(d) Colisthania.

5. The only trilogy to survive from ancient Athens is this.
(a) Argos.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Oresteia.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. This is the most sophisticated of the art forms in Roman theater.

2. Magistrates address the assembly here.

3. Living conditions in Rome are so dirty this ruler passes a decree ordering home owners to clean the areas in front of their homes.

4. This is used even in ancient Rome to access buildings during construction.

5. These events have a high risk of injury or death.

(see the answer key)

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