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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In southern Italy, from what people did Barbatus take two towns?
(a) Catari.
(b) Samnites.
(c) Mentores.
(d) Histri.

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

3. What was the name of the sister of Clodius, who was the wife of a senator and the lover of the poet Catullus?
(a) Alypia.
(b) Clodia.
(c) Helvia.
(d) Claudia.

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

5. What language was the inscription written in that was found under black stone in the Forum?
(a) Coptic.
(b) Sumerian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Latin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was it said was the father of Romulus in Chapter 2?

2. When did Pompey the Great triumph over King Mithradates VI of Pontus?

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

4. How long were Quintus and Pomponia married?

5. When did the Roman people vote to expel anyone who had put a citizen to death without trial?

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