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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 the Gauls destroy Rome?
(a) 385 BCE.
(b) 393 BCE.
(c) 390 BCE.
(d) 395 BCE.
2. How much wheat would the army that the Romans and their allies fielded at Cannae have required daily?
(a) 75 tons.
(b) 100 tons.
(c) 125 tons.
(d) 50 tons.
3. When did marauding Gauls occupy Rome?
(a) 219 BCE.
(b) Around 280 BCE.
(c) 402 BCE.
(d) Around 390 BCE.
4. What animal was said to have nurtured Remus and Romulus?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Goat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Deer.
5. When Aemilius Paullus returned in 167 BCE from his victory over King Perseus, how long did it take to trundle all of the loot through Rome?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 5 days.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was Polybius in his 30s and taken to Rome as one of 1,000 Greek detainees?
2. What seems to be the date for the earliest attempts at drainage systems in Rome?
3. When was Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus supposed to have returned from semi-exile to become dictator and lead Roman armies to victory?
4. When was Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus counsul?
5. How far back might excavations under modern Rome over the last 100 years have unearthed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the story of Romulus and Remus?
2. Who were some well-known descendants of Barbatus?
3. How was Romulus said to die?
4. What was Rome like in 63 BCE?
5. What information survives from the first century BCE that can be used to study Rome?
6. In Chapter 1, what are some times that author states that Rome faced danger and defeat?
7. How did Cicero portray Catiline, and might there be another side to the story?
8. How is the phrase "Quousque tandem" (50) from Cicero's speech regarding the conspiracy of Catiline used in modern times?
9. What was said about the corrupting influence on traditional Roman behavior and morals by foreign culture?
10. Who were Catiline and Cicero?
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