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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 was an essay by a Roman doctor found in a Greek monastery?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1990.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2010.

2. How many captives did ancient writers say were taken during the First Punic War?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 75,000.
(c) 125,000.
(d) 100,000.

3. In Chapter 2, who did Cicero appeal to at the end of his speech regarding Catiline?
(a) Mars.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Mercury.

4. When was the poet Ovid banished?
(a) 15 CE.
(b) 11 CE.
(c) 8 CE.
(d) 9 CE.

5. When did Cicero dodge an assassination attempt in 63 BCE?
(a) October 11.
(b) December 3.
(c) September 30.
(d) November 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language was the inscription written in that was found under black stone in the Forum?

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

3. How many "books" (42) comprised Livy's history of Rome?

4. Because of debt, when did the plebeians stage the first of several mass walkouts from the city?

5. How large was Rome's overseas empire?

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