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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of Cicero's letters survived?
(a) About 1,200.
(b) 1,100.
(c) 930.
(d) Almost 1,000.

2. What is the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 56 BCE.
(b) 45 BCE.
(c) 72 BCE.
(d) 63 BCE.

3. When did Spartacus command a force of ex-gladiators and runaways?
(a) 60s BCE.
(b) 65 BCE.
(c) 55 BCE.
(d) 70s BCE.

4. Who was it said was the father of Romulus in Chapter 2?
(a) Vulcan.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Mars.
(d) Saturn.

5. When was an essay by a Roman doctor found in a Greek monastery?
(a) 1990.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1999.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Roman egions defeat Catiline's army of discontents?

3. When did Athens give the idea of democracy to the modern world?

4. What language was the inscription written in that was found under black stone in the Forum?

5. When was the poet Ovid banished?

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