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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By the end of the fourth century BCE, how many troops did the Romans probably have?
(a) Around half a million.
(b) 600,000.
(c) About 1 million.
(d) 750,000.

3. When did the fire that created the layers of burnt debris excavated in the Forum probably occur?
(a) 500 BCE.
(b) 484 BCE.
(c) 509 BCE.
(d) 499 BCE.

4. 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) 18,000.
(c) 15,000 to 20,000.
(d) 20,000 to 30,000.

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

6. According to stories, when did the first barbers start to work in Rome?
(a) 325 BCE.
(b) 300 BCE.
(c) 305 BCE.
(d) 315 BCE.

7. When did the Gauls destroy Rome?
(a) 390 BCE.
(b) 385 BCE.
(c) 393 BCE.
(d) 395 BCE.

8. In 63 BCE, who gave Cicero intelligence regarding a violent plot?
(a) Livia.
(b) Fulvia.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) Aelina.

9. Who was it said was the father of Romulus in Chapter 2?
(a) Mars.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Vulcan.
(d) Saturn.

10. When did Athens give the idea of democracy to the modern world?
(a) 5th century BCE.
(b) 4th century BCE.
(c) 3rd century BCE.
(d) 6th century BCE.

11. When was Julius Caesar assasinated?
(a) 44 BCE.
(b) 34 BCE.
(c) 29 BCE.
(d) 52 BCE.

12. Where were painting discovered in a tomb that depicted exploits of Servius Tullius?
(a) Umbria.
(b) Vulci.
(c) Liguria.
(d) Lombardy.

13. When did marauding Gauls occupy Rome?
(a) 402 BCE.
(b) 219 BCE.
(c) Around 390 BCE.
(d) Around 280 BCE.

14. In southern Italy, from what people did Barbatus take two towns?
(a) Catari.
(b) Samnites.
(c) Histri.
(d) Mentores.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many "books" (42) comprised Livy's history of Rome?

2. What animal was said to have nurtured Remus and Romulus?

3. When Aemilius Paullus returned in 167 BCE from his victory over King Perseus, how long did it take to trundle all of the loot through Rome?

4. When did Gaius Sallustius Crispus write about the war against Catiline?

5. Where did Roman egions defeat Catiline's army of discontents?

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