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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 did Hungarian protesters use one of Cicero's phrases to protest the rewrite of the constitution?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2011.

2. How old were Catline and Cicero when they faced off before the senate in 63 BCE?
(a) 60s.
(b) 50s.
(c) 40s.
(d) 30s.

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

4. When did Livy write his compendium of Roman history?
(a) 50s BCE.
(b) 30s BCE.
(c) 40s BCE.
(d) 20s BCE.

5. How many of Cicero's letters survived?
(a) About 1,200.
(b) 1,100.
(c) 930.
(d) Almost 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to stories, when did the first barbers start to work in Rome?

2. During the Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, how many deaths were there in a single afternoon?

3. When did Alexander the Great lead his Macedonia army on a conquest from Greece to India.

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

5. What was probably the population of Rome during Barbatus's time?

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