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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to tradition, how many centuries before 63 BCE had the Temple of Jupiter been established?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

2. What is the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 56 BCE.
(b) 63 BCE.
(c) 45 BCE.
(d) 72 BCE.

3. What was the name of the Sabine king when the Romans battled the Sabines?
(a) Numa Pompilius.
(b) Ancus Marcius.
(c) Titus Tatius.
(d) Quintus Sertorius.

4. When was an inscription found under black stone in the Forum?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1899.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What historian did Cicero ask to commemorate the achievements of his consulship?

2. 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?

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

4. How many elephants did Hannibal use when he crossed the Alps?

5. When did Caracall make every free inhabitant of the empire a Roman citizen?

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