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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus counsul?
(a) 279 BCE.
(b) 281 BCE.
(c) 296 BCE.
(d) 298 BCE.

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

3. When did marauding Gauls occupy Rome?
(a) Around 390 BCE.
(b) Around 280 BCE.
(c) 219 BCE.
(d) 402 BCE.

4. In Chapter 3, within what radius of Rome were heroic battles fought?
(a) 17 miles.
(b) 12 miles.
(c) 11 miles.
(d) 9 miles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old were Catline and Cicero when they faced off before the senate in 63 BCE?

2. By the end of the fourth century BCE, how many troops did the Romans probably have?

3. Which king's tyrannical behavior was thought to have led to the established of the free Republic of Rome?

4. When did Spartacus command a force of ex-gladiators and runaways?

5. In 63 BCE, when did Catline and Cicero go before the senate?

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