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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What season do the Romans choose to launch a siege against Veii?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

2. Who does Postumius have trouble cooperating with in the military?
(a) Those of inferior rank.
(b) Those of superior rank.
(c) Those of equal rank.
(d) The consuls.

3. How do the senators feel about the practices of the decemvirs?
(a) They support them.
(b) They oppose them.
(c) They ignore them.
(d) They do not understand them.

4. What is used to support the advocates of intermarriage?
(a) The failure of other regions who do not have intermarriage.
(b) The previous design of the social classes by Rome.
(c) The success of intermarriage in other regions.
(d) The previous integration of other regions by Rome.

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

6. How are the tribunes given their office?
(a) They are appointed by the dictator.
(b) They are appointed by the senate.
(c) They are elected by the people.
(d) They are appointed by the consuls.

7. How is Rome's decision at the end of Rome and the Patricians received?
(a) It is met with support.
(b) It is met with confusion.
(c) It is met with anger.
(d) It is met with cynicism.

8. How does Postumia disguise her disposition?
(a) With rudeness.
(b) With deception.
(c) With humor.
(d) With politeness.

9. What role do the decemvirs have in the Republic at the start of the fourth book?
(a) They have been reduced to working men.
(b) They have been removed.
(c) They have been forced to serve in the military.
(d) They have been demoted.

10. What is the real problem the decemvirs have?
(a) They underestimate the power of the Roman military.
(b) They underestimate the power of the Roman people.
(c) They are not prepared for the power they have.
(d) They are overprepared for the power they have.

11. What do the opponents of intermarriage fear?
(a) Further attempts to change the definition of marriage even more.
(b) The decline of the Roman culture.
(c) The unintended economic consequences.
(d) The government's loss of control.

12. What is the controversial yet effective way that Postumius dies?
(a) He is dragged through the streets by the people.
(b) He is stoned to death by the people.
(c) He is stoned to death by his soldiers.
(d) He is dragged through the streets by his soldiers.

13. What decision does Rome make at the end of Rome and the Patricians?
(a) They attack half of the allies.
(b) They declare the land private property of Rome.
(c) They attack all of the allies.
(d) They declare the land public property of Rome.

14. How are the people of Ardea affected by Rome's new outlook?
(a) They are satisfied.
(b) They are skeptical.
(c) They are ambivalent.
(d) They are unsatisfied.

15. How do the slaves revolt in Rome?
(a) They are assisted by the military.
(b) They are assisted by the people.
(c) They are working alone.
(d) They are assisited by other forces.

Short Answer Questions

1. How have the allies been fighting their war until they seek a mediator for it?

2. What is the state of the Roman Republic at the end of the second part of Rome and the Patricians?

3. What is considered a shortcoming that the advocates of intermarriage want to overcome?

4. What is the state of politics in Chapter 3 of Rome and the Patricians?

5. What is the crisis that the decemvirs face?

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