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

2. Who was it said was the father of Romulus in Chapter 2?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Vulcan.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Mars.

3. When did Caracall make every free inhabitant of the empire a Roman citizen?
(a) 212 CE.
(b) 191 CE.
(c) 198 CE.
(d) 204 CE.

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

5. How many elephants did Hannibal use when he crossed the Alps?
(a) 37.
(b) 26.
(c) 19.
(d) 48.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was an essay by a Roman doctor found in a Greek monastery?

3. When did Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus secure the final defeat of Hannibal?

4. When was Polybius in his 30s and taken to Rome as one of 1,000 Greek detainees?

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

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