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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Spartacus command a force of ex-gladiators and runaways?
(a) 70s BCE.
(b) 55 BCE.
(c) 60s BCE.
(d) 65 BCE.

2. Because of debt, when did the plebeians stage the first of several mass walkouts from the city?
(a) 486 BCE.
(b) 488 BCE.
(c) 490 BCE.
(d) 494 BCE.

3. By the end of the fourth century BCE, how many troops did the Romans probably have?
(a) 750,000.
(b) About 1 million.
(c) Around half a million.
(d) 600,000.

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

5. When did Hungarian protesters use one of Cicero's phrases to protest the rewrite of the constitution?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2010.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first aqueduct to bring water into Rome constructed?

2. In the history of Athens, what were the most inhabitants that the city had?

3. 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?

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

5. When did the Roman people vote to expel anyone who had put a citizen to death without trial?

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