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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 Octavian become known as Augustus?
(a) 27 BCE.
(b) 31 BCE.
(c) 39 BCE.
(d) 20 BCE.

2. How much older was Cicero than Publilia when they married?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 43 years.
(c) 45 years.
(d) 39 years.

3. When did Vespasian become emperor?
(a) 71 CE.
(b) 68 CE.
(c) 69 CE.
(d) 70 CE.

4. When did Lucius Cornelius Sulla become the first Roman since the mythical Coriolanus to lead his army against the city of Rome?
(a) 88 BCE.
(b) 85 BCE.
(c) 94 BCE.
(d) 91 BCE.

5. When did Lucius Antonius and Fulvia admit defeat?
(a) 36 BCE.
(b) 37 BCE.
(c) Early 40 BCE.
(d) Late 39 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Cicero prosecute Gaius Verres with a case that launched his career?

2. When did emperors begin to be portrayed with full beards?

3. According to statistics, how many Roman women were likely to die in childbirth?

4. In 53 BCE, how much did Clodius pay for the house of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus?

5. How long were Quintus and Pomponia married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the biggest killer of young adult women from Rome and why?

2. What carnage happened after Carthage fell?

3. Who was Gaius?

4. What property did Cicero own, and how wealthy was he?

5. Why did members of the imperial family often finds themselves in perilous positions?

6. What was the uprising of Spartacus?

7. How was Caesar assassinated?

8. Who was Caesar's heir?

9. What was Gaius Sempronius Gracchus known for doing?

10. How did Cicero describe the time when he entertained Caesar for dinner in one of his seaside estates?

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