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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 Rome successfully invade Britain?
(a) 46 CE.
(b) 49 CE.
(c) 43 CE.
(d) 39 CE.

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

3. Who did Marcus Aurelius brutally suppress?
(a) Germans.
(b) Gauls.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Egyptians.

4. How many Roman emperors were there in almost 200 years?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

5. What design did Augustus choose for his signet ring?
(a) Sphinx.
(b) Lion.
(c) Bear.
(d) Scorpion.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Vespasian become emperor?

2. When was Gaius acclaimed emperor?

3. When was Caesar elected consul?

4. When did Octavian become known as Augustus?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was different about the version of citizenship that the Romans invented?

2. What was the city of Carthage like, and how did Rome finally defeat it?

3. How was Roman marriage a simple and private business?

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

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

6. How did emperors gain their fortunes?

7. What was Gaius Sempronius Gracchus known for doing?

8. What was the uprising of Spartacus?

9. What carnage happened after Carthage fell?

10. What contribution did Caesar make to timekeeping?

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