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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Patricians at Bay: Chapter 3, Rome and the Patricians, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does the book, Patricians at Bay begin?
(a) 576 BC.
(b) 467 BC.
(c) 567 BC.
(d) 476 BC.

2. What do the Romans surprisingly do after Cloelia successfully escapes from Porsena?
(a) They do not recognize her.
(b) They refuse to allow her entrance to Rome.
(c) They return her to Porsena.
(d) They separate her from her family.

3. What does the group of pacifists call themselves?
(a) The peace coalition.
(b) The peace party.
(c) The anti-war coalition.
(d) The anti-war party.

4. Which relative of Hostilius set the precedent for the meaning of the word "hostile?"
(a) His brother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandfather.

5. How is Rome's decision at the end of Rome and the Patricians received?
(a) It is met with support.
(b) It is met with anger.
(c) It is met with confusion.
(d) It is met with cynicism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Romans do as a way to deal with the debt problem once it becomes more intense?

2. How is the nature of the decemvirs' politics described?

3. How many debtors agree to sign up for the military the second time that the government asks them to?

4. How many meetings with the senators do the decemvirs request?

5. What never changes, according to the opening of The Patricians at Bay?

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