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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Rome, Pages 190 through 251.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Travelers do not travel at night because of these.
(a) Curfews.
(b) Wild animals.
(c) Muggers.
(d) Rats.

2. The dome of the Pantheon is built of this.
(a) Plaster.
(b) Marble.
(c) Wood.
(d) Concrete.

3. This is the most famous Roman drain.
(a) Cloaca Maxima.
(b) Tiberus Minima.
(c) Tiberus Maxima.
(d) Cloaca Minima.

4. Wealthy sons of Athenians are tutored by these, beginning around age seven.
(a) Teachers.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Women.

5. It is estimated that the total Athenian military strength is around this many soldiers.
(a) 450.
(b) Half a million.
(c) 4500.
(d) 45,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. This is found on the walls of many houses during the excavations at Olynthus in the 1930s.

2. The most important circus in Rome is this.

3. Magistrates address the assembly here.

4. There are 144 of these in Rome, according to historical record.

5. The Sacra Via and the Nova Via are the only of these wide enough.

(see the answer key)

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