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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Rome, Pages 150 through 189.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The toga is a sign of this.
(a) Class.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Formality.
(d) Religion.

2. The Sacra Via and the Nova Via are the only of these wide enough.
(a) Churches.
(b) Sewers.
(c) Streets.
(d) Rivers.

3. The first aqueduct of Rome is the:
(a) Palatine.
(b) Via Appia.
(c) Aqua Appia.
(d) Sulla Appia.

4. The young aristocratic girls who are responsible for the sacred fire of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, are called:
(a) Vestal priestesses.
(b) Vestal Virgins.
(c) Vestal vicars.
(d) Vestal Vipers.

5. The final day of the festival is devoted to this.
(a) A feast.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Races.
(d) Prizes.

Short Answer Questions

1. These are forbidden within the city.

2. Hairstyles of women vary according to this.

3. Criminal trials are heard by these, whose decisions are binding for all parties.

4. The poor, unlike the wealthy, often live in these.

5. This is the amount sculptors are paid per sculpture for working on the sculptures from the Erechtheum.

(see the answer key)

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