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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was Gaius acclaimed emperor?
(a) 35 CE.
(b) 37 CE.
(c) 34 CE.
(d) 36 CE.
2. How many doctors were on Livia's staff?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.
3. What was the name of the sister of Clodius, who was the wife of a senator and the lover of the poet Catullus?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Helvia.
(c) Clodia.
(d) Alypia.
4. 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.
5. How old was Publilia, Cicero's second wife, when they married?
(a) 23.
(b) 15.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.
6. During Claudius's rule, how many senators were put to death?
(a) 24.
(b) 35.
(c) 16.
(d) 48.
7. When were Cicero's private letters made public?
(a) 45 BCE.
(b) 43 BCE.
(c) 42 BCE.
(d) 44 BCE.
8. When did Vespasian become emperor?
(a) 69 CE.
(b) 71 CE.
(c) 70 CE.
(d) 68 CE.
9. What year did Cicero prosecute Gaius Verres with a case that launched his career?
(a) 62 BCE.
(b) 69 BCE.
(c) 67 BCE.
(d) 70 BCE.
10. What was the name of Caesar's daughter whom Pompey married?
(a) Marciana.
(b) Domitia.
(c) Fausta.
(d) Julia.
11. In Roman times, how many of the children born would die by the age of ten?
(a) Half.
(b) One fourth.
(c) Two-thirds.
(d) A third.
12. How much older was Cicero than Publilia when they married?
(a) 43 years.
(b) 45 years.
(c) 39 years.
(d) 40 years.
13. When did Caesar's appointed heir, Gaius Octavious arrive in Rome?
(a) April 44 BCE.
(b) May 44 BCE.
(c) June 44 BCE.
(d) July BCE.
14. During what time was a high point of Roman literature, art, and culture?
(a) 171 BCE to 44 BCE.
(b) 168 BCE to 44 BCE.
(c) 146 BCE to 44 BCE.
(d) 152 BCE to 44 BCE.
15. When was Caesar elected consul?
(a) 59 BCE.
(b) 54 BCE.
(c) 58 BCE.
(d) 51 BCE.
Short Answer Questions
1. How large did Tiberius propose that landing holdings be in 133 BCE?
2. What was the symbol of Italy in Chatper 6?
3. How old was August when he died?
4. How many books of Pliny the Younger's letters survived?
5. When was Cicero governor of Cilicia?
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