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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, within what radius of Rome were heroic battles fought?
(a) 12 miles.
(b) 11 miles.
(c) 9 miles.
(d) 17 miles.

3. How far was the town where Cicero grew up from Rome?
(a) 65 miles.
(b) 57 miles.
(c) Around 80 miles.
(d) About 70 miles.

4. When was the Second Punic War?
(a) 220 to 190 BCE.
(b) 190 to 184 BCE.
(c) 264 to 241 BCE.
(d) 218 to 201 BCE.

5. On what hill did Romulus choose to found the city of Rome?
(a) Quirinal.
(b) Aventine.
(c) Caelian.
(d) Palatine.

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

7. When was the first major Roman road, the Via Appia, built?
(a) 300 BCE.
(b) 312 BCE.
(c) 319 BCE.
(d) 309 BCE.

8. Who were Romulus and his citizens fighting at the time when the Temple of Jupiter was said to be established?
(a) Spartacus.
(b) Sabines.
(c) Hannibal.
(d) Senones.

9. What was probably the population of Rome during Barbatus's time?
(a) 40,000 to 55,000.
(b) 100,000 to 150,000.
(c) 60,000 to 90,000.
(d) 30,000 to 45,000.

10. How much wheat would the army that the Romans and their allies fielded at Cannae have required daily?
(a) 75 tons.
(b) 50 tons.
(c) 125 tons.
(d) 100 tons.

11. When did Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus secure the final defeat of Hannibal?
(a) 200 BCE.
(b) 211 BCE.
(c) 202 BCE.
(d) 209 BCE.

12. What historian did Cicero ask to commemorate the achievements of his consulship?
(a) Livy.
(b) Numa.
(c) Lucceius.
(d) Appian.

13. When was the Septimontium festival held yearly?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) September.

14. Where did Roman egions defeat Catiline's army of discontents?
(a) Western Italy.
(b) Eastern Italy.
(c) South Italy.
(d) North Italy.

15. How many captives did ancient writers say were taken during the First Punic War?
(a) 75,000.
(b) 125,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 150,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did marauding Gauls occupy Rome?

2. By the end of the fourth century BCE, how many troops did the Romans probably have?

3. When was Julius Caesar assasinated?

4. What was the name of the Sabine king when the Romans battled the Sabines?

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

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