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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Christianity become the official religion of the Roman Empire?
(a) 5th century CE.
(b) 3rd century CE.
(c) 2nd century CE.
(d) 4th century CE.

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

3. What was the approximate value of the property that Cicero owned in 45 BCE?
(a) 9 million sesterces.
(b) 17 million sesterces.
(c) 20 million sesterces.
(d) 13 million sesterces.

4. Where was the Roman essayist and satirist Lucian from?
(a) Turkey.
(b) North Macedonia.
(c) Syria.
(d) Tunisia.

5. What was the name of Caesar's daughter whom Pompey married?
(a) Domitia.
(b) Fausta.
(c) Julia.
(d) Marciana.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much territory did Pliny the Younger govern as the provincial governor of Bithynia?

2. How far was Corinth from Carthage?

3. In 63 BCE, when did Catline and Cicero go before the senate?

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

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

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