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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did European cities begin to reach a million inhabitants?
(a) 17th century.
(b) 18th century.
(c) 19th century.
(d) 16th century.

2. What animal was said to have nurtured Remus and Romulus?
(a) Goat.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Deer.
(d) Dog.

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

4. How many people lived in Rome in 63 BCE?
(a) 984,000.
(b) About half a million.
(c) 1,250,000.
(d) More than a million.

5. When did Caracall make every free inhabitant of the empire a Roman citizen?
(a) 204 CE.
(b) 198 CE.
(c) 212 CE.
(d) 191 CE.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Alexander the Great lead his Macedonia army on a conquest from Greece to India.

2. What seems to be the date for the earliest attempts at drainage systems in Rome?

3. When did Livy write his compendium of Roman history?

4. When did Constantine convert to Christianity?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were Catiline and Cicero?

2. What is known about the list of consuls on which the chronology of the Republic is based?

3. According to Roman tradition, when was the Temple of Jupiter established and why?

4. What was the story of Aeneas founding Rome?

5. What was said about the corrupting influence on traditional Roman behavior and morals by foreign culture?

6. Why is Ancient Rome important?

7. What does SPQR stand for and mean?

8. How did Cicero portray Catiline, and might there be another side to the story?

9. What was Rome like in 63 BCE?

10. Why is it difficult to find archaeological evidence of Rome?

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