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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was it said was the father of Romulus in Chapter 2?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Vulcan.
(d) Mars.

2. 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.

3. In 63 BCE, when did Catline and Cicero go before the senate?
(a) November 21.
(b) November 8.
(c) November 1.
(d) November 3.

4. Where did Roman egions defeat Catiline's army of discontents?
(a) Eastern Italy.
(b) North Italy.
(c) Western Italy.
(d) South Italy.

5. Which king's tyrannical behavior was thought to have led to the established of the free Republic of Rome?
(a) Ancus Marcius.
(b) Servius Tullius.
(c) Tarquin the Proud.
(d) Tarquinius Priscus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Sabine king when the Romans battled the Sabines?

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

3. When was the poet Ovid banished?

4. In Chapter 3, within what radius of Rome were heroic battles fought?

5. When were the remains of an early cemetery found underneath the Forum?

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