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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) 53 CE.
(b) 64 CE.
(c) 59 CE.
(d) 61 CE.

2. In what city was found a decoration of a bar designed in the second century whose theme was of "The Seven Sages" (471)?
(a) Pozalio.
(b) Ostia.
(c) Trieste.
(d) Livorno.

3. According to a decree by Augustus, how many children did a freeborn citizen woman have to have before being released from the requirement to have a guardian?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

4. When did Cicero decide to join the Pompeians in the civil war?
(a) 50 BCE.
(b) 48 BCE.
(c) 51 BCE.
(d) 49 BCE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Caesar elected consul?

2. How old was Pompey when he became a consul in 70 BCE?

3. 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?

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

5. When did Vespasian become emperor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Augustus die?

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

4. What contribution did Caesar make to timekeeping?

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

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

7. Who was Caesar's heir?

8. How did Gibbon characterize emperors in his history?

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

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

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