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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did a law prohibit senators from owning large trading ships?
(a) Late 3rd century BCE.
(b) 1st century BCE.
(c) Early 2nd century BCE.
(d) 2nd century BCE.

2. What design did Augustus choose for his signet ring?
(a) Bear.
(b) Scorpion.
(c) Lion.
(d) Sphinx.

3. When did Octavian become known as Augustus?
(a) 39 BCE.
(b) 20 BCE.
(c) 27 BCE.
(d) 31 BCE.

4. When was the first tragedy shown in Rome that Livius Andronicus adapted into Latin from Greek?
(a) 219 BCE.
(b) 224 BCE.
(c) 238 BCE.
(d) 240 BCE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How large did Tiberius propose that landing holdings be in 133 BCE?

2. How was Tiberius killed in 133 BCE?

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

4. When did Cicero write about entertaining Caesar for dinner at one of Cicero's seaside estates?

5. How long was the siege when Scipio Aemilianus cut the town off from the sea?

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