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

2. These are used by women extensively in Roman times.
(a) Horses.
(b) Cosmetics.
(c) Purses.
(d) Slaves.

3. These houses are cut into the hillside.
(a) Workshop houses.
(b) Hill houses.
(c) Block houses.
(d) Semi-detached houses.

4. Rome's position on the this river provides it with a great defensive posture.
(a) Via Salaria.
(b) Palatine.
(c) Martius.
(d) Tiber.

5. This invention helps make way for the building of the Colosseum, the Baths of Trajan and the Temple of Venus.
(a) Concrete.
(b) Mortar.
(c) Cranes.
(d) Brick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Roman foods are often highly _____.

2. This person is the first to do a dramatic reading, thereby beginning the Greek drama.

3. This altar is built on the Campus Martius to commemorate the victories of the emperor in Spain.

4. ___________ is credited with building the first stage.

5. Magistrates address the assembly here.

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