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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Politics and Foreign Postings, Cicero Enters the Ring, 77-63 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the city of Rome described in Chapter 3?
(a) Unplanned, chaotically built, but not dangerous.
(b) Unplanned, chaotically built, and dangerous in many places.
(c) Well planned and constructed, and safe.
(d) Well planned and constructed, but dangerous in many places.

2. Which year was Cicero's second and last child born?
(a) 68 B.C.
(b) 65 B.C.
(c) 64 B.C.
(d) 67 B.C.

3. What is another way to describe the social class of the Patricians?
(a) Middle class.
(b) Lower class.
(c) The lower and middle class combined.
(d) Aristocracy.

4. According to the Roman government, when could dictators be appointed?
(a) With a vote from the people.
(b) During a war.
(c) During an emergency.
(d) With a vote in the Senate.

5. Which political problems were at the source of the crisis for the Roman Empire?
(a) An agricultural crisis only.
(b) The economy and the changing role of the army.
(c) An agricultural crisis and the economy.
(d) An agricultural crisis and the changing role of the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the Roman Constitution developed?

2. What nickname was Cicero given while studying certain subjects?

3. What were the Quaestors mainly responsible for?

4. When did the two Consuls trade seniority?

5. Whose army did Cicero fight with in the War of Allies?

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