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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. During Nero's rule, when was Rome destroyed by fire?
(a) 61 CE.
(b) 64 CE.
(c) 53 CE.
(d) 59 CE.

2. What emperor spent a great deal of time as a tourist and was abroad more than at home?
(a) Tiberius.
(b) Vespasian.
(c) Hadrian.
(d) CLaudius.

3. When was Caesar elected consul?
(a) 59 BCE.
(b) 51 BCE.
(c) 58 BCE.
(d) 54 BCE.

4. In the ruins of Pompeii, when was a statue found that had an inscription indicating that it was a gift of Lucius Mummius, son of Lucius, consul?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2002.

5. What was the symbol of Italy in Chatper 6?
(a) Bull.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Lion.
(d) Stag.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Cicero write about entertaining Caesar for dinner at one of Cicero's seaside estates?

2. When did Caesar leave Italy for Gaul for a five-year command that continued on for another five years?

3. How much older was Cicero than Publilia when they married?

4. How many doctors were on Livia's staff?

5. Who did Marcus Aurelius brutally suppress?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Caesar's heir?

4. What contribution did Caesar make to timekeeping?

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

6. Who was Gaius?

7. Why did Cicero serve as a lawyer to prosecute Gaius Verres, and what was the outcome of the case?

8. Why was there not more social and political conflict than is recorded?

9. What was Corinth and how was it defeated by the Romans?

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

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