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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Rome, Pages 190 through 251.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A novice gladiator is called this.
(a) A rio.
(b) A limbot.
(c) A tiro.
(d) A triot.

2. Travelers do not travel at night because of these.
(a) Curfews.
(b) Muggers.
(c) Rats.
(d) Wild animals.

3. Wild beast hunts are commonly staged in the ____________.
(a) Circus.
(b) Fields.
(c) Streets.
(d) Amphitheater.

4. These rooms are so small, they are difficult to distinguish among the ruins of Athenian ruins.
(a) Bathrooms.
(b) Living rooms.
(c) Kitchens.
(d) Dining rooms.

5. In 480 BC, a huge army under this Persian king breaks through the Spartan army at Thermopylae, and attacks Athens.
(a) Erechtheus.
(b) Themistocles.
(c) Xerxes,
(d) Pisistratus.

Short Answer Questions

1. The floor of the Colosseum is originally made from this.

2. Augustus fixes the number of senators at this number.

3. Caligula is assassinated, along with these individuals.

4. The ekklesia in fifth century Athens is the _________.

5. The first king of Athens is ________, who establishes worship of the Greek gods.

(see the answer key)

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