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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 Julius Caesar assasinated?
(a) 29 BCE.
(b) 52 BCE.
(c) 44 BCE.
(d) 34 BCE.

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

3. Who was the Roman senator who wrote the first history of Rome?
(a) Polybius.
(b) Livy.
(c) Duris.
(d) Fabius Pictor.

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

5. In Chapter 2, who did Cicero appeal to at the end of his speech regarding Catiline?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Mars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large was Rome's overseas empire?

2. How many "books" (42) comprised Livy's history of Rome?

3. When was the first aqueduct to bring water into Rome constructed?

4. In Chapter 3, within what radius of Rome were heroic battles fought?

5. How far was the town where Cicero grew up from Rome?

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