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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 Claudius pelted with bread in the Forum?
(a) 53 CE.
(b) 51 CE.
(c) 59 CE.
(d) 55 CE.

2. What was the perimeter of the walls that surrounded Carthage?
(a) Almost 20 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 30 miles.
(d) About 15 miles.

3. When was Gaius acclaimed emperor?
(a) 35 CE.
(b) 37 CE.
(c) 36 CE.
(d) 34 CE.

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

5. During Claudius's rule, how many senators were put to death?
(a) 48.
(b) 35.
(c) 16.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many quotations from the poetry of Virgil were scrawled as graffiti on the walls of Pompeii?

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

3. How old was August when he died?

4. What was the approximate value of the property that Cicero owned in 45 BCE?

5. What was the name of Caesar's daughter whom Pompey married?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the uprising of Spartacus?

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

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

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

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

7. Who was Gaius?

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

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

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

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