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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Rome determined to have been founded?
(a) April 18, 743 BCE.
(b) April 21, 753 BCE.
(c) April 30, 749 BCE.
(d) April 9, 752 BCE.

2. When did Athens give the idea of democracy to the modern world?
(a) 5th century BCE.
(b) 3rd century BCE.
(c) 4th century BCE.
(d) 6th century BCE.

3. What was the name of the Sabine king when the Romans battled the Sabines?
(a) Quintus Sertorius.
(b) Numa Pompilius.
(c) Titus Tatius.
(d) Ancus Marcius.

4. To whom did Julius Caesar's family trace their lineage back to?
(a) Goddess Venus.
(b) God Mars.
(c) God Apollo.
(d) Goddess Fortuna.

5. When did Cicero arrange for the First Catilinarian to be copied?
(a) May 59 BCE.
(b) April 58 BCE.
(c) July 61 BCE.
(d) June 60 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, who did Cicero appeal to at the end of his speech regarding Catiline?

2. On what hill did Romulus choose to found the city of Rome?

3. When did marauding Gauls occupy Rome?

4. When did Spartacus command a force of ex-gladiators and runaways?

5. What animal was said to have nurtured Remus and Romulus?

(see the answer key)

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