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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many books of Pliny the Younger's letters survived?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

3. How many Roman emperors were there in almost 200 years?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

4. When did the people of Fregellae attempt to break away from Rome, but were crushed by a Roman army led by Lucius Opimius?
(a) 108 BCE.
(b) 131 BCE.
(c) 119 BCE.
(d) 125 BCE.

5. According to statistics, how many Roman women were likely to die in childbirth?
(a) 1 in 75.
(b) 2 in 25.
(c) 2 in 100.
(d) 1 in 50.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the ruins of Pompeii, when was a statue found that had an inscription indicating that it was a gift of Lucius Mummius, son of Lucius, consul?

3. What was the approximate value of the property that Cicero owned in 45 BCE?

4. How was Tiberius killed in 133 BCE?

5. Which king's tyrannical behavior was thought to have led to the established of the free Republic of Rome?

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