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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Laws keeping women under the authority of her husband are _____ in early Roman history.
(a) Passed.
(b) Upheld.
(c) Ignored.
(d) Abolished.

2. This surrounds the birth of a Roman child.
(a) Superstition.
(b) Ritual.
(c) Mystique.
(d) Anger.

3. The population of Rome in the 2nd century AD is about this many.
(a) 120,000.
(b) 1,200,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 1,200.

4. Rome's position on the this river provides it with a great defensive posture.
(a) Via Salaria.
(b) Martius.
(c) Tiber.
(d) Palatine.

5. There are _______ starting gates in the circus.
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

6. Formal education of young women in Rome is _____.
(a) Mandatory.
(b) Rare.
(c) Haphazard.
(d) Dangerous.

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

8. The first aqueduct of Rome is the:
(a) Via Appia.
(b) Aqua Appia.
(c) Sulla Appia.
(d) Palatine.

9. High rise homes lack these, as they don't have running water.
(a) Watering holes.
(b) Latrines.
(c) Bathtubs.
(d) Sinks.

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

11. Women are penalized if they are not married by this age.
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Thirty.

12. The Theater of Marcellus is dedicated in this time.
(a) 13 or 11 BC.
(b) 13 or 11 AD.
(c) 20 or 21 AD.
(d) 20 or 21 BC.

13. This is where all public and political life are conducted.
(a) The Comitium.
(b) The Palatine.
(c) The Forum.
(d) The Quirnal.

14. The poor, unlike the wealthy, often live in these.
(a) Rented rooms.
(b) The streets.
(c) Barns.
(d) Local hostels.

15. The comedies that have an effect on later Roman comedy are the _____ and the ______.
(a) Campanian farce and the mime.
(b) Campanian farce and Phylakes.
(c) Phylakes and the Mime.
(d) Phlyakes and the Atellan farce.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Hellenised Egyptian goddess ____ also has a cult in Rome.

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

3. Each household has one of these, dedicated to a specific God.

4. Augustus focuses on creating this form of government.

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

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