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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 63 BCE, who was Catiline accused of murdering?
(a) First wife and son.
(b) Second wife and daughter.
(c) Son and daughter.
(d) Grandparents.

2. When did Gaius Sallustius Crispus write about the war against Catiline?
(a) 50s BCE.
(b) 40s BCE.
(c) 20s BCE.
(d) 30s BCE.

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

4. How many people lived in Rome in 63 BCE?
(a) 984,000.
(b) More than a million.
(c) 1,250,000.
(d) About half a million.

5. When did Hannibal cross the Alps and inflict terrible loses on the Romans?
(a) 191 BCE.
(b) 279 BCE.
(c) 218 BCE.
(d) 311 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Spartacus command a force of ex-gladiators and runaways?

2. When did Cicero arrange for the First Catilinarian to be copied?

3. When did Cicero dodge an assassination attempt in 63 BCE?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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