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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Cicero governor of Cilicia?
(a) 65 BCE.
(b) Late 50s BCE.
(c) 59 BCE.
(d) Early 40s BCE.

2. How was Tiberius killed in 133 BCE?
(a) Stabbed with a knife.
(b) Bludgeoned to death with a chair leg.
(c) Impaled with a sword.
(d) Beaten and thrown into the river.

3. When was Gaius acclaimed emperor?
(a) 35 CE.
(b) 36 CE.
(c) 37 CE.
(d) 34 CE.

4. Who was it said was the father of Romulus in Chapter 2?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Vulcan.
(c) Mars.
(d) Saturn.

5. When was an essay by a Roman doctor found in a Greek monastery?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2005.
(c) 1990.
(d) 2010.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Gaius Octavious when Julius Caesar was assassinated?

2. When was Polybius in his 30s and taken to Rome as one of 1,000 Greek detainees?

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

4. When was the Augustan regime said to have begun?

5. What seems to be the date for the earliest attempts at drainage systems in Rome?

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