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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 were the remains of an early cemetery found underneath the Forum?
(a) Beginning of the 20th century.
(b) 18th century.
(c) End of the 20th century.
(d) 19th century.

2. According to a decree by Augustus, how many children did a freeborn citizen woman have to have before being released from the requirement to have a guardian?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. On what river is Rome?
(a) Ofanto.
(b) Tiber.
(c) Po.
(d) Rubicon.

4. Which king's tyrannical behavior was thought to have led to the established of the free Republic of Rome?
(a) Servius Tullius.
(b) Tarquin the Proud.
(c) Ancus Marcius.
(d) Tarquinius Priscus.

5. When was the poet Ovid banished?
(a) 15 CE.
(b) 9 CE.
(c) 11 CE.
(d) 8 CE.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus counsul?

2. When did Livy write his compendium of Roman history?

3. In the first BCE, how many books did a scholar devote to a history of Latin?

4. In the history of Athens, what were the most inhabitants that the city had?

5. When did the people of Fregellae attempt to break away from Rome, but were crushed by a Roman army led by Lucius Opimius?

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