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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of Cicero's letters survived?
(a) Almost 1,000.
(b) About 1,200.
(c) 930.
(d) 1,100.

2. When were the remains of an early cemetery found underneath the Forum?
(a) 18th century.
(b) End of the 20th century.
(c) 19th century.
(d) Beginning of the 20th century.

3. Where were painting discovered in a tomb that depicted exploits of Servius Tullius?
(a) Liguria.
(b) Lombardy.
(c) Vulci.
(d) Umbria.

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

5. Toward the end of the sixth century BCE by the time the last king was thrown out approximately how many people would have lived in Rome?
(a) 20,000 to 30,000.
(b) 18,000.
(c) 15,000 to 20,000.
(d) 25,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hungarian protesters use one of Cicero's phrases to protest the rewrite of the constitution?

2. Who were Romulus and his citizens fighting at the time when the Temple of Jupiter was said to be established?

3. When was Rome determined to have been founded?

4. When was an inscription found under black stone in the Forum?

5. When was Julius Caesar assasinated?

(see the answer key)

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