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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Roman egions defeat Catiline's army of discontents?
(a) South Italy.
(b) Western Italy.
(c) Eastern Italy.
(d) North Italy.

2. What historian did Cicero ask to commemorate the achievements of his consulship?
(a) Livy.
(b) Appian.
(c) Numa.
(d) Lucceius.

3. Who were Romulus and his citizens fighting at the time when the Temple of Jupiter was said to be established?
(a) Spartacus.
(b) Sabines.
(c) Hannibal.
(d) Senones.

4. How many people lived in Rome in 63 BCE?
(a) More than a million.
(b) About half a million.
(c) 984,000.
(d) 1,250,000.

5. When did the Gauls destroy Rome?
(a) 385 BCE.
(b) 393 BCE.
(c) 390 BCE.
(d) 395 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hungarian protesters use one of Cicero's phrases to protest the rewrite of the constitution?

2. On what river is Rome?

3. Which king's tyrannical behavior was thought to have led to the established of the free Republic of Rome?

4. How many of Cicero's letters survived?

5. How large was Rome's overseas empire?

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