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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This is where all public and political life are conducted.
(a) The Forum.
(b) The Palatine.
(c) The Comitium.
(d) The Quirnal.

2. Punishments are administered according to this.
(a) Family name.
(b) Social rank.
(c) Citizenship.
(d) Age.

3. Actors are often _____.
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Slaves.

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

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

6. Augustus fixes the number of senators at this number.
(a) 100.
(b) 600.
(c) 300.
(d) 900.

7. Living conditions in Rome are so dirty this ruler passes a decree ordering home owners to clean the areas in front of their homes.
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Othella.
(c) Augustus.
(d) Claudius.

8. The Forum Boarium was used to do this.
(a) Sell food.
(b) Sell livestock.
(c) Sell jewelry.
(d) Sell houses.

9. The poor, unlike the wealthy, often live in these.
(a) Rented rooms.
(b) Local hostels.
(c) Barns.
(d) The streets.

10. This garment symbolizes a young man's status as a full citizen.
(a) Toga of reality.
(b) Toga of thought.
(c) Toga of citizenship.
(d) Toga of manhood.

11. This altar is built on the Campus Martius to commemorate the victories of the emperor in Spain.
(a) Livia.
(b) Forum Augustum.
(c) Forum Romanum.
(d) Ara Pacis.

12. Caligula is succeeded by this person, whom many believed is stupid, due to physical ailments.
(a) Augustus.
(b) Celete.
(c) Maximus.
(d) Claudius.

13. Limestone, brick, and this are standard building materials.
(a) Marble.
(b) Granite.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Stone.

14. If found guilty of adultery, the wife and her lover suffer this.
(a) Put into prison.
(b) Exiled.
(c) Killed.
(d) Banished to different locations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. These are forbidden within the city.

2. Laws keeping women under the authority of her husband are _____ in early Roman history.

3. Each household has one of these, dedicated to a specific God.

4. The Theater of Marcellus is dedicated in this time.

5. Grain to feed the population comes from here.

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