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

2. When did the fire that created the layers of burnt debris excavated in the Forum probably occur?
(a) 484 BCE.
(b) 500 BCE.
(c) 499 BCE.
(d) 509 BCE.

3. When did Cicero dodge an assassination attempt in 63 BCE?
(a) October 11.
(b) December 3.
(c) September 30.
(d) November 7.

4. What language was the inscription written in that was found under black stone in the Forum?
(a) Coptic.
(b) Sumerian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Latin.

5. How many elephants did Hannibal use when he crossed the Alps?
(a) 26.
(b) 48.
(c) 37.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When was the first aqueduct to bring water into Rome constructed?

4. When was the poet Ovid banished?

5. How far was the town where Cicero grew up from Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of dating system did the Romans use?

2. How and why has the history of ancient Rome changed over the past 50 years?

3. Who were Catiline and Cicero?

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

5. In Chapter 1, what are some times that author states that Rome faced danger and defeat?

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

7. How did Romulus get women for his city according to Livy?

8. According to Livy, who were the kings of Rome?

9. What information survives from the first century BCE that can be used to study Rome?

10. How did the Republic begin according to Roman historians and to Beard?

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