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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 Caesar leave Italy for Gaul for a five-year command that continued on for another five years?
(a) 58 BCE.
(b) 56 BCE.
(c) 51 BCE.
(d) 55 BCE.

2. When was Cicero governor of Cilicia?
(a) 65 BCE.
(b) Late 50s BCE.
(c) Early 40s BCE.
(d) 59 BCE.

3. In Roman times, how many of the children born would die by the age of ten?
(a) A third.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) One fourth.
(d) Half.

4. How long was Cicero married to Terentia?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 28 years.
(d) 34 years.

5. When did Caesar's appointed heir, Gaius Octavious arrive in Rome?
(a) May 44 BCE.
(b) July BCE.
(c) June 44 BCE.
(d) April 44 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the symbol of Italy in Chatper 6?

2. In the first BCE, how many books did a scholar devote to a history of Latin?

3. When was Pompeii destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius?

4. How long was the siege when Scipio Aemilianus cut the town off from the sea?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Caesar assassinated?

2. What was Gaius Sempronius Gracchus known for doing?

3. What loot did Pompey attain after his victory over King Mithradates VI of Pontus?

4. What information did Cicero leave, and how has it helped provide insight into Roman history?

5. What contribution did Caesar make to timekeeping?

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

7. How did emperors gain their fortunes?

8. Why could money not protect the rich from the discomforts and harsher sides of ancient life?

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

10. Who was Pliny the Younger?

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