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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. Most houses have lavatories, consisting of these.
(a) Seat and bucket.
(b) Clay vases and seats.
(c) Toilet and running water.
(d) Chamber pot and running water.

2. This surrounds the birth of a Roman child.
(a) Anger.
(b) Ritual.
(c) Superstition.
(d) Mystique.

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

4. Places that serve hot food are important because of this.
(a) Many cannot afford groceries.
(b) Many do not like dining at home.
(c) Many are single, and do not wish to cook for one.
(d) Many homes do not have kitchens.

5. This ruler is given the title of imperator and Augustus in 27 BC, which changes Rome from a Republic to a Principate.
(a) Caesar.
(b) Mark Anthony.
(c) Cinna.
(d) Octavian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Wild beast hunts are commonly staged in the ____________.

3. The comedies that have an effect on later Roman comedy are the _____ and the ______.

4. Rome's position on the this river provides it with a great defensive posture.

5. This is used even in ancient Rome to access buildings during construction.

(see the answer key)

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