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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, The Capture of Rome: Chapter 1, Rome's Capture, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of rights are the women promised when Rome is first beginning?
(a) More rights than were common for Roman wives.
(b) Less rights than were common for Roman wives.
(c) All of the rights proper to Roman wives.
(d) None of the rights proper to Roman wives.

2. Where do the senators go as the decemvirs take control of Rome?
(a) To their country estates.
(b) To work among the people.
(c) To fight with the military.
(d) To other cities.

3. What does the author tell the reader he is writing about in the first Introduction?
(a) The first people in Rome that cannot be verified.
(b) The group of people who traveled through Rome before it was founded.
(c) The second group of people to inhabit Rome.
(d) The first people in Rome that anyone is certain of.

4. How does Hostilius consider Pompilius's culture to be?
(a) Boring.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Expansive.

5. What does the great Roman warrior, Valerius, do once he enters politics?
(a) He removes all existing debts from the people.
(b) He gives more power to the Romans.
(c) He prosecutes all creditors for unlawful practices.
(d) He gives more power to the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the innovation talked about at the end of War & Politics?

2. What kind of power are the Etruscans known for?

3. In the original book, how many chapter breaks are there in The Republic?

4. What is the real problem the decemvirs have?

5. What is the population of Rome estimated to be during first part of The Patricians at Bay?

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