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

2. When did Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus secure the final defeat of Hannibal?
(a) 200 BCE.
(b) 211 BCE.
(c) 209 BCE.
(d) 202 BCE.

3. When did Constantine convert to Christianity?
(a) 337 CE.
(b) 319 CE.
(c) 326 CE.
(d) 341 CE.

4. When was an inscription found under black stone in the Forum?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1898.

5. Who was given credit for establishing a calendar and annual roster of festivals, holy days, and holidays?
(a) Tullus.
(b) Tarquinius.
(c) Numa.
(d) Tarquin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to be the date for the earliest attempts at drainage systems in Rome?

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

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

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

5. When was the Second Punic War?

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