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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what date did the list of consuls go back?
(a) 509 BCE.
(b) 538 BCE.
(c) 524 BCE.
(d) 501 BCE.

2. When were the remains of an early cemetery found underneath the Forum?
(a) 18th century.
(b) 19th century.
(c) Beginning of the 20th century.
(d) End of the 20th century.

3. How old were Catline and Cicero when they faced off before the senate in 63 BCE?
(a) 30s.
(b) 50s.
(c) 40s.
(d) 60s.

4. How far back might excavations under modern Rome over the last 100 years have unearthed?
(a) 500 BCE.
(b) 700 BCE.
(c) 1000 BCE.
(d) 850 BCE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, who did Cicero appeal to at the end of his speech regarding Catiline?

2. In 63 BCE, who gave Cicero intelligence regarding a violent plot?

3. According to tradition, how many centuries before 63 BCE had the Temple of Jupiter been established?

4. On what river is Rome?

5. Which king's tyrannical behavior was thought to have led to the established of the free Republic of Rome?

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