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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 Cicero decide to join the Pompeians in the civil war?
(a) 49 BCE.
(b) 51 BCE.
(c) 48 BCE.
(d) 50 BCE.

2. When did Lucius Cornelius Sulla become the first Roman since the mythical Coriolanus to lead his army against the city of Rome?
(a) 88 BCE.
(b) 91 BCE.
(c) 85 BCE.
(d) 94 BCE.

3. How many elephants did Hannibal use when he crossed the Alps?
(a) 26.
(b) 19.
(c) 48.
(d) 37.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the perimeter of the wall erected around the city in the early fourth century BCE?

2. How old were Catline and Cicero when they faced off before the senate in 63 BCE?

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

4. How long were Quintus and Pomponia married?

5. When did Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus secure the final defeat of Hannibal?

(see the answer key)

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