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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was given credit for establishing a calendar and annual roster of festivals, holy days, and holidays?
(a) Numa.
(b) Tullus.
(c) Tarquin.
(d) Tarquinius.

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

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

4. When did Alexander the Great lead his Macedonia army on a conquest from Greece to India.
(a) 315 BCE to 290 BCE.
(b) 300 to 318 BCE.
(c) 334 to 323 BCE.
(d) 339 BCE to 327 BCE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How large was Rome's overseas empire?

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

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

4. By the end of the fourth century BCE, how many troops did the Romans probably have?

5. Who was the Roman senator who wrote the first history of Rome?

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