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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 many people lived in Rome in 63 BCE?
(a) About half a million.
(b) 984,000.
(c) 1,250,000.
(d) More than a million.

2. If the information about seven kings is correct, how long would each of them have reigned?
(a) More than 3 decades.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) About 2 decades.

3. How old was Publilia, Cicero's second wife, when they married?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 23.

4. When was the battle that Barbatus fought in that defeated an Italian army at Sentinum?
(a) 290 BCE.
(b) 295 BCE.
(c) 291 BCE.
(d) 293 BCE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Caesar's appointed heir, Gaius Octavious arrive in Rome?

2. Before the outbreak of the civil war, how much did Cicero owe Julius Caesar?

3. What was the name of the Sabine king when the Romans battled the Sabines?

4. On what hill did Romulus choose to found the city of Rome?

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

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