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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 9, 752 BCE.
(b) April 30, 749 BCE.
(c) April 18, 743 BCE.
(d) April 21, 753 BCE.

2. In Chapter 2, who did Cicero appeal to at the end of his speech regarding Catiline?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Mars.
(d) Mercury.

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

4. When did Constantine convert to Christianity?
(a) 319 CE.
(b) 337 CE.
(c) 326 CE.
(d) 341 CE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the poet Ovid banished?

2. In 63 BCE, who gave Cicero intelligence regarding a violent plot?

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

4. To whom did Julius Caesar's family trace their lineage back to?

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

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