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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of Cicero's letters survived?
(a) 1,100.
(b) Almost 1,000.
(c) About 1,200.
(d) 930.

2. How far was the town where Cicero grew up from Rome?
(a) 65 miles.
(b) Around 80 miles.
(c) About 70 miles.
(d) 57 miles.

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

4. When was the first aqueduct to bring water into Rome constructed?
(a) 312 BCE.
(b) 294 BCE.
(c) 411 BCE.
(d) 319 BCE.

5. On what river is Rome?
(a) Tiber.
(b) Po.
(c) Ofanto.
(d) Rubicon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Cicero dodge an assassination attempt in 63 BCE?

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

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

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

5. If the information about seven kings is correct, how long would each of them have reigned?

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