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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Augustus focuses on creating this form of government.
(a) Democratic.
(b) Communist.
(c) Republican.
(d) Autocratic.

2. Caligula is assassinated, along with these individuals.
(a) His mother and daughter.
(b) His mother and wife.
(c) His wife and daughter.
(d) His son and daughter.

3. Nero and his advisers blame these individuals for a great fire that guts central Rome.
(a) Haters of Nero.
(b) Jews.
(c) Foreigners.
(d) Christians.

4. Hairstyles of women vary according to this.
(a) Social status and marital status.
(b) Age and Martial status.
(c) Social status and age.
(d) Social status and religion.

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

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

7. It is under these emperors that Rome comes into its Golden Age.
(a) Augustus and Caligula.
(b) Augustus and Maximus.
(c) Trajan and Hadrian.
(d) Nero and Celete.

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

9. There are reportedly no bakers in Rome until after this time.
(a) 1 BC.
(b) 43 BC.
(c) 174 BC.
(d) 5 AD.

10. The Hellenised Egyptian goddess ____ also has a cult in Rome.
(a) Mithras.
(b) Era.
(c) Isis.
(d) Gelda.

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

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

13. This is a typical style of tomb in Rome, as well as in Ostia.
(a) Columbarium.
(b) Colimbaria.
(c) There are no tombs.
(d) Colisthania.

14. Each household has one of these, dedicated to a specific God.
(a) Cross.
(b) Shrine.
(c) Room.
(d) Outbuilding.

15. At the end of the sixth century, this type of government is in place.
(a) Democracy.
(b) Republican.
(c) Communism.
(d) Dictatorship.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are 144 of these in Rome, according to historical record.

2. This is the most famous Roman drain.

3. Formal education of young women in Rome is _____.

4. This garment symbolizes a young man's status as a full citizen.

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

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