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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 was Pompeii destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius?
(a) 80 CE.
(b) 86 CE.
(c) 79 CE.
(d) 74 CE.

2. How many volumes was the agricultural encyclopedia that Aemilianus saved from the flames when Carthage fell?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 28.
(d) 24.

3. After Trajan was named emperor, how long was it before he returned to Rome from Germany?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) More than a year.

4. What was the approximate value of the property that Cicero owned in 45 BCE?
(a) 9 million sesterces.
(b) 20 million sesterces.
(c) 17 million sesterces.
(d) 13 million sesterces.

5. How long had it been since Gaius succeeded his great-uncle that he was assassinated?
(a) 11 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 4 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did a law prohibit senators from owning large trading ships?

2. How old was August when he died?

3. What might the population have been in the first two centuries CE?

4. How many books of Pliny the Younger's letters survived?

5. When was Claudius pelted with bread in the Forum?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What contribution did Caesar make to timekeeping?

3. How did emperors gain their fortunes?

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

5. What does the portrayal of Nero by modern historians demonstrate about history?

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

7. How did Augustus die?

8. Who was Caesar's heir?

9. How did Gibbon characterize emperors in his history?

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

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