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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What seems to be the date for the earliest attempts at drainage systems in Rome?
(a) 6th century BCE.
(b) 7th century BCE.
(c) 5th Century BCE.
(d) 8th century BCE.

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

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

4. What is the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 63 BCE.
(b) 56 BCE.
(c) 45 BCE.
(d) 72 BCE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Rome determined to have been founded?

2. How much wheat would the army that the Romans and their allies fielded at Cannae have required daily?

3. When was the battle that Barbatus fought in that defeated an Italian army at Sentinum?

4. To whom did Julius Caesar's family trace their lineage back to?

5. When did European cities begin to reach a million inhabitants?

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