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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the group, the Aurunci, consist of?
(a) More than one country.
(b) Just one town.
(c) More than one town.
(d) Just one country.

2. Where do the Romans adopt their religion from?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Albanians.
(c) The Bulgarians.
(d) The Turks.

3. How is the problem of debt described?
(a) As an unmanageable civil and social problem.
(b) As a past social problem.
(c) As a manageable civil and social problem.
(d) As a past civil problem..

4. What do the people do when creditors attempt to collect repayment in the courts?
(a) They encourage debtors not to attend the court proceedings.
(b) They protest the government by holding big rallies.
(c) They form mobs to protect the debtors.
(d) They file lawsuits against the creditors in retaliation.

5. According to Livy, what is the one thing that is needed for all politicians to be elected into office?
(a) Respected ancestors.
(b) Monetary backing.
(c) People skills.
(d) Financial skills.

6. After the senate is formed, how is King Numa Pompilius elected?
(a) Unanimously.
(b) In a split decision.
(c) He is appointed.
(d) By forfeit.

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

8. What are the women asked to disregard pertaining to the men they found themselves with at the start of Rome?
(a) Their hatred.
(b) Their resentment.
(c) Their attachment.
(d) Their fondness.

9. Who does Quinctius lead the military against?
(a) The Venetians.
(b) The Aequians.
(c) The Ligurians.
(d) The Calabrians.

10. According to Cloelia, what does gender influence?
(a) Bravery.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Expectations.

11. What Latin city does Rome conquer in order to further increase its population?
(a) Barcino.
(b) Politorium.
(c) Lucentum.
(d) Turiaso.

12. What result does the death of King Romulus have on Rome?
(a) It makes the Romans more vulnerable.
(b) It causes the Romans to stop the civil war going on.
(c) It makes the Romans less vulnerable.
(d) It causes the Romans to wage a civil war.

13. What is the population of Rome estimated to be during first part of The Patricians at Bay?
(a) 49, 714.
(b) 140, 714.
(c) 94, 714.
(d) 104, 714.

14. How are the Sabine people described in the book?
(a) They are a recurrent opponent of Rome.
(b) They are not aware of Rome at the time the book was written.
(c) They ignore Rome until they are attacked.
(d) They are recurrent allies of Rome.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What level of involvement do the leaders have in the war that featured debtors who agreed to fight in exchange for their debt being resolved?

2. What procedure does Ancus re-institute?

3. How does the town of Pometia almost defeat the Romans?

4. How does Hostilius consider Pompilius's culture to be?

5. How attentive to the people's needs are the oligarchic rulers?

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