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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 did marauding Gauls occupy Rome?
(a) 219 BCE.
(b) Around 390 BCE.
(c) 402 BCE.
(d) Around 280 BCE.

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

3. When did Caracall make every free inhabitant of the empire a Roman citizen?
(a) 198 CE.
(b) 212 CE.
(c) 191 CE.
(d) 204 CE.

4. Toward the end of the sixth century BCE by the time the last king was thrown out approximately how many people would have lived in Rome?
(a) 20,000 to 30,000.
(b) 18,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 15,000 to 20,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were painting discovered in a tomb that depicted exploits of Servius Tullius?

2. In 63 BCE, when did Catline and Cicero go before the senate?

3. What was the name of the Sabine king when the Romans battled the Sabines?

4. How many elephants did Hannibal use when he crossed the Alps?

5. When did European cities begin to reach a million inhabitants?

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