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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many "books" (42) comprised Livy's history of Rome?
(a) 115.
(b) 142.
(c) 138.
(d) 127.

2. How many captives did ancient writers say were taken during the First Punic War?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 125,000.
(d) 75,000.

3. When was the first tragedy shown in Rome that Livius Andronicus adapted into Latin from Greek?
(a) 240 BCE.
(b) 224 BCE.
(c) 219 BCE.
(d) 238 BCE.

4. What animal was said to have nurtured Remus and Romulus?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Goat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Deer.

5. When did Caesar leave Italy for Gaul for a five-year command that continued on for another five years?
(a) 51 BCE.
(b) 58 BCE.
(c) 55 BCE.
(d) 56 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Sabine king when the Romans battled the Sabines?

2. In Chapter 3, within what radius of Rome were heroic battles fought?

3. How far back might excavations under modern Rome over the last 100 years have unearthed?

4. When was Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus counsul?

5. Who was the Roman senator who wrote the first history of Rome?

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