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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 was Sulla elected consul?
(a) 88 BCE.
(b) 84 BCE.
(c) 81 BCE.
(d) 85 BCE.

2. What historian did Cicero ask to commemorate the achievements of his consulship?
(a) Numa.
(b) Livy.
(c) Appian.
(d) Lucceius.

3. When did Gaius Sallustius Crispus write about the war against Catiline?
(a) 30s BCE.
(b) 40s BCE.
(c) 50s BCE.
(d) 20s BCE.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 45 BCE, about how many properties did Cicero own in Italy?

2. In 9 CE, where was there a terrible military disaster?

3. What was the name of Caesar's daughter whom Pompey married?

4. During what time was a high point of Roman literature, art, and culture?

5. In the history of Athens, what were the most inhabitants that the city had?

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