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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many doctors were on Livia's staff?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

3. In Chapter 2, who did Cicero appeal to at the end of his speech regarding Catiline?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Mars.
(d) Mercury.

4. What color did Roman women wear in mourning?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

5. Where was the ivory figurine from that was found in the precious possessions of a fairly ordinary house in Pompeii?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Spain.
(c) Galatia.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Cicero write about entertaining Caesar for dinner at one of Cicero's seaside estates?

2. What was the symbol of Italy in Chatper 6?

3. Where were painting discovered in a tomb that depicted exploits of Servius Tullius?

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

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

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