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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, War & Politics: Chapter 1, War & Politics, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the government featured a strong military contingent?
(a) The consuls.
(b) The senate.
(c) The tribunes.
(d) The plebians.

2. How are the Volscians described in the second part of War & Politics?
(a) Disloyal allies of Rome.
(b) Loyal allies of Rome.
(c) Loyal enemies of Rome.
(d) Enemies of Rome.

3. What is the role of the tribunes?
(a) They are against the consul.
(b) They are for the senate.
(c) They are against the common people.
(d) They are against the senate.

4. What is Brutus known as in the beginning of the second book?
(a) Brutus the Conqueror.
(b) Brutus the Destroyer.
(c) Brutus the Betrayer.
(d) Brutus the Liberator.

5. What causes the Roman military to face the possibility of defeat?
(a) Dissension among the military leaders.
(b) Dissension among the soldiers.
(c) A neighboring region with a larger supply of weaponry.
(d) A neigboring region with a larger military.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the civil strife in Rome managed?

2. What is unique about Lucius Tarquitius?

3. How is Postumia described?

4. How many men with axes govern over the people of Rome as Chapter 2 of Rome and the Patricians ends?

5. How does the slave described in the beginning of Rome's new consul learn of the conspirators' plans?

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