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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Rome determined to have been founded?
(a) April 30, 749 BCE.
(b) April 18, 743 BCE.
(c) April 9, 752 BCE.
(d) April 21, 753 BCE.

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. What language was the inscription written in that was found under black stone in the Forum?
(a) Sumerian.
(b) Greek.
(c) Coptic.
(d) Latin.

4. Who were Romulus and his citizens fighting at the time when the Temple of Jupiter was said to be established?
(a) Hannibal.
(b) Sabines.
(c) Spartacus.
(d) Senones.

5. How many young women were estimated to be taken during a religious festival Romulus held?
(a) 40 to 75.
(b) 35.
(c) 55.
(d) 30 to 683.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people lived in Rome in 63 BCE?

2. When did European cities begin to reach a million inhabitants?

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

4. When did marauding Gauls occupy Rome?

5. On what river is Rome?

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