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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Roman times, how many of the children born would die by the age of ten?
(a) One fourth.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) A third.
(d) Half.

2. When was Gaius acclaimed emperor?
(a) 34 CE.
(b) 36 CE.
(c) 35 CE.
(d) 37 CE.

3. How many books of Pliny the Younger's letters survived?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

4. Near the location of what modern city was Carthage located?
(a) Tunis.
(b) Bizerte.
(c) Nabeul.
(d) Kelibia.

5. How long was Cicero married to Terentia?
(a) 34 years.
(b) 28 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 25 years.

6. When were Cicero's private letters made public?
(a) 43 BCE.
(b) 44 BCE.
(c) 45 BCE.
(d) 42 BCE.

7. After Trajan was named emperor, how long was it before he returned to Rome from Germany?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) More than a year.

8. What was the perimeter of the walls that surrounded Carthage?
(a) Almost 20 miles.
(b) 30 miles.
(c) About 15 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

9. In 53 BCE, how much did Clodius pay for the house of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus?
(a) 11 million sesterces.
(b) 3 million sesterces.
(c) Almost 15 million sesterces.
(d) About 5 million sesterces.

10. When did Lucius Antonius and Fulvia admit defeat?
(a) Early 40 BCE.
(b) 37 BCE.
(c) 36 BCE.
(d) Late 39 BCE.

11. When did Cicero decide to join the Pompeians in the civil war?
(a) 51 BCE.
(b) 48 BCE.
(c) 49 BCE.
(d) 50 BCE.

12. When did the first permanent Roman stone theater open?
(a) 48 BCE.
(b) 55 BCE.
(c) 61 BCE.
(d) 78 BCE.

13. During what time was a high point of Roman literature, art, and culture?
(a) 146 BCE to 44 BCE.
(b) 171 BCE to 44 BCE.
(c) 152 BCE to 44 BCE.
(d) 168 BCE to 44 BCE.

14. In 9 CE, where was there a terrible military disaster?
(a) Africa.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Britain.

15. What emperor spent a great deal of time as a tourist and was abroad more than at home?
(a) CLaudius.
(b) Vespasian.
(c) Tiberius.
(d) Hadrian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Cicero prosecute Gaius Verres with a case that launched his career?

2. What interest rate did Marcus Junius Brutus charge the people of Salamis when he lent money?

3. When did Rome successfully invade Britain?

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

5. According to statistics, how many Roman women were likely to die in childbirth?

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