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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the fire where Galen lost the contents of his lock-up storeroom near the Forum?
(a) 192 CE.
(b) 189 CE.
(c) 186 CE.
(d) 197 CE.

2. In the ruins of Pompeii, when was a statue found that had an inscription indicating that it was a gift of Lucius Mummius, son of Lucius, consul?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2008.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1999.

3. What might the population have been in the first two centuries CE?
(a) Between 50 and 60 million.
(b) 35 million.
(c) 65 million.
(d) Around 40 million.

4. How long did it take to build Vespasian's amphitheater that came to be known as the Colosseum?
(a) 8 years.
(b) About 15 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) Almost 10 years.

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

6. How much older was Cicero than Publilia when they married?
(a) 39 years.
(b) 45 years.
(c) 43 years.
(d) 40 years.

7. 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) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

8. To qualify as a local counselor, how many roof tiles did the man's house have to have?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 750.
(c) 900.
(d) 1,200.

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

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

11. When did Lucius Cornelius Sulla become the first Roman since the mythical Coriolanus to lead his army against the city of Rome?
(a) 88 BCE.
(b) 85 BCE.
(c) 91 BCE.
(d) 94 BCE.

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

13. What was the name of the sister of Clodius, who was the wife of a senator and the lover of the poet Catullus?
(a) Clodia.
(b) Alypia.
(c) Helvia.
(d) Claudia.

14. When was Sulla elected consul?
(a) 84 BCE.
(b) 88 BCE.
(c) 81 BCE.
(d) 85 BCE.

15. How large did Tiberius propose that landing holdings be in 133 BCE?
(a) Roughly 120 hectares.
(b) About 115 hectares.
(c) 175 hectares.
(d) 200 hectares.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the location of what modern city was Carthage located?

2. How many doctors were on Livia's staff?

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

4. How old was Pompey when he became a consul in 70 BCE?

5. How old was Gaius Octavious when Julius Caesar was assassinated?

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