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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapers 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the siege when Scipio Aemilianus cut the town off from the sea?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 26 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 2 years.

2. When was Rome determined to have been founded?
(a) April 21, 753 BCE.
(b) April 30, 749 BCE.
(c) April 18, 743 BCE.
(d) April 9, 752 BCE.

3. When did European cities begin to reach a million inhabitants?
(a) 18th century.
(b) 19th century.
(c) 17th century.
(d) 16th century.

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

5. What was the perimeter of the wall erected around the city in the early fourth century BCE?
(a) 12 miles.
(b) 7 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 6 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Cicero decide to join the Pompeians in the civil war?

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

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

4. Who was it said was the father of Romulus in Chapter 2?

5. What animal was said to have nurtured Remus and Romulus?

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