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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 Gaius Sallustius Crispus write about the war against Catiline?
(a) 30s BCE.
(b) 50s BCE.
(c) 20s BCE.
(d) 40s BCE.

2. Toward the end of the sixth century BCE by the time the last king was thrown out approximately how many people would have lived in Rome?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 20,000 to 30,000.
(c) 15,000 to 20,000.
(d) 18,000.

3. Before the outbreak of the civil war, how much did Cicero owe Julius Caesar?
(a) 2 million sesterces.
(b) 1 million sesterces.
(c) 100,000 sesterces.
(d) 500,000 sesterces.

4. When did the North African ruler, Jugurtha, begin to extend his control among the Mediterranean coast of Africa?
(a) 86 BCE.
(b) 94 BCE.
(c) About 118 BCE.
(d) Around 210 BCE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the city was it said that Nero's Golden House covered?

2. When were balsam trees of Judea paraded in a triumphal procession?

3. Under which emperor did Pliny the Younger serve as a governor of the province of Bithynia?

4. What was the name of the sister of Clodius, who was the wife of a senator and the lover of the poet Catullus?

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

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