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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Magistrates address the assembly here.
(a) Comitium.
(b) Forum.
(c) Gallic.
(d) Apex.

3. The most important circus in Rome is this.
(a) Circus Maximus.
(b) Circus Flaminius.
(c) Circus Augustus.
(d) Circus Martius.

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

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

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

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

8. The four Pompeian styles include the Masonry, large panels of color, scenery, and this.
(a) Marble.
(b) Architectual.
(c) Flowery.
(d) Stone.

9. By the first century BC, theater is geared toward this.
(a) War.
(b) Political satire.
(c) Public taste.
(d) Humor.

10. Streets are so narrow and dangerous, these are generally banned.
(a) Horses.
(b) Military vehicles.
(c) Chariots.
(d) Wheeled vehicles.

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

12. These types of buildings are found only in Rome during this period.
(a) Atrium style homes.
(b) Apartments.
(c) Flats.
(d) Hostels.

13. These help to organize small time businessmen of Rome.
(a) Unions.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Laws.
(d) Guilds.

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

15. An altar depicting ____ stands at one end of the mithraeum.
(a) Mithras.
(b) Eros.
(c) Isis.
(d) Judas.

Short Answer Questions

1. The population of Rome in the 2nd century AD is about this many.

2. The poor, unlike the wealthy, often live in these.

3. The toga is a sign of this.

4. All jockeys of chariots belong to ______.

5. Criminal trials are heard by these, whose decisions are binding for all parties.

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