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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Publilia, Cicero's second wife, when they married?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 23.
(d) 15.

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

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

5. What was the approximate value of the property that Cicero owned in 45 BCE?
(a) 20 million sesterces.
(b) 9 million sesterces.
(c) 17 million sesterces.
(d) 13 million sesterces.

6. What interest rate did Marcus Junius Brutus charge the people of Salamis when he lent money?
(a) 36 percent.
(b) 18 percent.
(c) 48 percent.
(d) 25 percent.

7. What design did Augustus choose for his signet ring?
(a) Sphinx.
(b) Lion.
(c) Scorpion.
(d) Bear.

8. In 45 BCE, about how many properties did Cicero own in Italy?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 27.
(d) 30.

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

10. According to statistics, how many Roman women were likely to die in childbirth?
(a) 2 in 25.
(b) 1 in 75.
(c) 2 in 100.
(d) 1 in 50.

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

12. How was Tiberius killed in 133 BCE?
(a) Beaten and thrown into the river.
(b) Bludgeoned to death with a chair leg.
(c) Impaled with a sword.
(d) Stabbed with a knife.

13. When did Rome successfully invade Britain?
(a) 39 CE.
(b) 43 CE.
(c) 46 CE.
(d) 49 CE.

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

15. In what city was found a decoration of a bar designed in the second century whose theme was of "The Seven Sages" (471)?
(a) Trieste.
(b) Pozalio.
(c) Ostia.
(d) Livorno.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Claudius when he was declared emperor?

2. In the third century CE, how many petitions did a governor of Egphy receive in just three days?

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

4. During what time was a high point of Roman literature, art, and culture?

5. When did the people of Fregellae attempt to break away from Rome, but were crushed by a Roman army led by Lucius Opimius?

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