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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Marcus Aurelius brutally suppress?

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

4. How long were Quintus and Pomponia married?

5. How long was Cicero married to Terentia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Gibbon characterize emperors in his history?

3. How was Caesar assassinated?

4. How did Augustus die?

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

6. What contribution did Caesar make to timekeeping?

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

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

9. What was Gaius Sempronius Gracchus known for doing?

10. Who was Pliny the Younger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Epitaphs are inscriptions on tombs that provide information about the person buried there. What information has been learned from epitaphs? Why are epitaphs important to historians and archaeologists?

Essay Topic 2

Citizenship is the relationship between an individual and a state or country. How did Rome invent a new version of citizenship? How did Romans change the way that citizenship was viewed?

Essay Topic 3

Polybius was a Greek detainee who became a historian. How did Polybius have to sometimes balance his loyalties? How did he know both the Roman and the Greek sides of history? Why was he able to understand both sides of the Roman story?

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