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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were the remains of an early cemetery found underneath the Forum?
(a) End of the 20th century.
(b) Beginning of the 20th century.
(c) 18th century.
(d) 19th century.

2. How old were Catline and Cicero when they faced off before the senate in 63 BCE?
(a) 40s.
(b) 60s.
(c) 50s.
(d) 30s.

3. In 63 BCE, who gave Cicero intelligence regarding a violent plot?
(a) Aelina.
(b) Fulvia.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) Livia.

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

5. During the Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, how many deaths were there in a single afternoon?
(a) 98,000.
(b) 64,000.
(c) Up to 70,000.
(d) About 50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was probably the population of Rome during Barbatus's time?

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

3. When did marauding Gauls occupy Rome?

4. When did Gaius Sallustius Crispus write about the war against Catiline?

5. How many volumes was the agricultural encyclopedia that Aemilianus saved from the flames when Carthage fell?

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