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

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

3. When was the first major Roman road, the Via Appia, built?
(a) 300 BCE.
(b) 312 BCE.
(c) 319 BCE.
(d) 309 BCE.

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

5. According to tradition, how many centuries before 63 BCE had the Temple of Jupiter been established?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hannibal cross the Alps and inflict terrible loses on the Romans?

2. Toward the end of the sixth century BCE by the time the last king was thrown out approximately how many people would have lived in Rome?

3. How many elephants did Hannibal use when he crossed the Alps?

4. When was the first tragedy shown in Rome that Livius Andronicus adapted into Latin from Greek?

5. When was Julius Caesar assasinated?

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