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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue-Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old were Catline and Cicero when they faced off before the senate in 63 BCE?
(a) 40s.
(b) 60s.
(c) 50s.
(d) 30s.

2. How many elephants did Hannibal use when he crossed the Alps?
(a) 26.
(b) 48.
(c) 37.
(d) 19.

3. In 63 BCE, who gave Cicero intelligence regarding a violent plot?
(a) Aelina.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Fulvia.
(d) Livia.

4. What historian did Cicero ask to commemorate the achievements of his consulship?
(a) Lucceius.
(b) Appian.
(c) Livy.
(d) Numa.

5. How many "books" (42) comprised Livy's history of Rome?
(a) 142.
(b) 138.
(c) 115.
(d) 127.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Julius Caesar assasinated?

2. During the Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, how many deaths were there in a single afternoon?

3. When was an essay by a Roman doctor found in a Greek monastery?

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

5. How far was the town where Cicero grew up from Rome?

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