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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much older was Cicero than Publilia when they married?
(a) 39 years.
(b) 43 years.
(c) 45 years.
(d) 40 years.

2. When did Cicero decide to join the Pompeians in the civil war?
(a) 49 BCE.
(b) 51 BCE.
(c) 50 BCE.
(d) 48 BCE.

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

4. 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.

5. Who were Romulus and his citizens fighting at the time when the Temple of Jupiter was said to be established?
(a) Senones.
(b) Spartacus.
(c) Sabines.
(d) Hannibal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Pompey when he became a consul in 70 BCE?

2. When did Rome successfully invade Britain?

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

4. Who was it said was the father of Romulus in Chapter 2?

5. How far back might excavations under modern Rome over the last 100 years have unearthed?

(see the answer key)

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