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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many Roman emperors were there in almost 200 years?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

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

4. When did Cicero write about entertaining Caesar for dinner at one of Cicero's seaside estates?
(a) 45 BCE.
(b) 46 BCE.
(c) 46 BCE.
(d) 44 BCE.

5. In 63 BCE, who was Catiline accused of murdering?
(a) Grandparents.
(b) Son and daughter.
(c) Second wife and daughter.
(d) First wife and son.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Cicero decide to join the Pompeians in the civil war?

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

3. When were the remains of an early cemetery found underneath the Forum?

4. How old was Pompey when he became a consul in 70 BCE?

5. How large was Rome's overseas empire?

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