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

2. How large was Rome's overseas empire?
(a) 1.5 million square miles.
(b) More than 2 million square miles.
(c) About 3 million square miles.
(d) 2.5 million square miles.

3. When was the Septimontium festival held yearly?
(a) November.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) October.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the perimeter of the wall erected around the city in the early fourth century BCE?

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

3. When did Athens give the idea of democracy to the modern world?

4. When did Gaius Sallustius Crispus write about the war against Catiline?

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

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