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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the history of Athens, what were the most inhabitants that the city had?
(a) 60,000.
(b) 55,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 35,000.

2. How many "books" (42) comprised Livy's history of Rome?
(a) 142.
(b) 138.
(c) 127.
(d) 115.

3. In 63 BCE, who was Catiline accused of murdering?
(a) Grandparents.
(b) Second wife and daughter.
(c) Son and daughter.
(d) First wife and son.

4. 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.

5. What was the perimeter of the wall erected around the city in the early fourth century BCE?
(a) 7 miles.
(b) 12 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 6 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was the town where Cicero grew up from Rome?

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

3. When was the first major Roman road, the Via Appia, built?

4. When did Spartacus command a force of ex-gladiators and runaways?

5. In 63 BCE, when did Catline and Cicero go before the senate?

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