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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 Cicero arrange for the First Catilinarian to be copied?
(a) June 60 BCE.
(b) July 61 BCE.
(c) May 59 BCE.
(d) April 58 BCE.

2. When did Athens give the idea of democracy to the modern world?
(a) 3rd century BCE.
(b) 4th century BCE.
(c) 5th century BCE.
(d) 6th century BCE.

3. If the information about seven kings is correct, how long would each of them have reigned?
(a) About 2 decades.
(b) 25 years.
(c) More than 3 decades.
(d) 15 years.

4. When was Julius Caesar assasinated?
(a) 34 BCE.
(b) 29 BCE.
(c) 52 BCE.
(d) 44 BCE.

5. Which king's tyrannical behavior was thought to have led to the established of the free Republic of Rome?
(a) Tarquinius Priscus.
(b) Ancus Marcius.
(c) Tarquin the Proud.
(d) Servius Tullius.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the battle that Barbatus fought in that defeated an Italian army at Sentinum?

2. When did marauding Gauls occupy Rome?

3. When was Polybius in his 30s and taken to Rome as one of 1,000 Greek detainees?

4. When did Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus secure the final defeat of Hannibal?

5. When did Caracall make every free inhabitant of the empire a Roman citizen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the story of Romulus and Remus?

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

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

4. What was Rome like in 63 BCE?

5. Who was Polybius?

6. Why is Ancient Rome important?

7. What were the advantages and disadvantages of Rome's location on the Tiber River?

8. How was Romulus said to die?

9. What un-Roman ritual did Livy write about that occurred in 216 BCE?

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

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