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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Polybius in his 30s and taken to Rome as one of 1,000 Greek detainees?
(a) 172 BCE.
(b) 194 BCE.
(c) 155 BCE.
(d) 168 BCE.

2. When was the Second Punic War?
(a) 218 to 201 BCE.
(b) 220 to 190 BCE.
(c) 190 to 184 BCE.
(d) 264 to 241 BCE.

3. In Roman times, how many of the children born would die by the age of ten?
(a) A third.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) One fourth.
(d) Half.

4. When was Claudius pelted with bread in the Forum?
(a) 59 CE.
(b) 51 CE.
(c) 55 CE.
(d) 53 CE.

5. When did Livy write his compendium of Roman history?
(a) 50s BCE.
(b) 40s BCE.
(c) 30s BCE.
(d) 20s BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long were Quintus and Pomponia married?

2. When was Sulla elected consul?

3. How old was Claudius when he was declared emperor?

4. When was the poet Ovid banished?

5. When was the Augustan regime said to have begun?

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