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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had it been since Gaius succeeded his great-uncle that he was assassinated?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 11 years.

2. When was the Septimontium festival held yearly?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) December.
(d) November.

3. How many volumes was the agricultural encyclopedia that Aemilianus saved from the flames when Carthage fell?
(a) 28.
(b) 24.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

4. When was Cicero governor of Cilicia?
(a) 65 BCE.
(b) 59 BCE.
(c) Late 50s BCE.
(d) Early 40s BCE.

5. What interest rate did Marcus Junius Brutus charge the people of Salamis when he lent money?
(a) 25 percent.
(b) 36 percent.
(c) 48 percent.
(d) 18 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was Corinth from Carthage?

2. How many young women were estimated to be taken during a religious festival Romulus held?

3. When did Vespasian become emperor?

4. When did Caracall make every free inhabitant of the empire a Roman citizen?

5. If the information about seven kings is correct, how long would each of them have reigned?

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