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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, The Capture of Rome: Chapter 1, Rome's Capture, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once established, which part of the government has the most ties to the plebian class?
(a) The dictatorship.
(b) The tribune.
(c) The consuls.
(d) The senate.

2. What are the decemvirs mainly unable to manage?
(a) The financial state of Rome.
(b) The senators of Rome.
(c) The military of Rome.
(d) The will of the Roman people.

3. What is Brutus known as in the beginning of the second book?
(a) Brutus the Conqueror.
(b) Brutus the Liberator.
(c) Brutus the Betrayer.
(d) Brutus the Destroyer.

4. How are the people of Ardea affected by Rome's new outlook?
(a) They are satisfied.
(b) They are ambivalent.
(c) They are skeptical.
(d) They are unsatisfied.

5. How many years after the Estrucans and the Sabines fought Rome do the Volscians and the Aequins also position themselves against the city?
(a) Two hundred and fifty.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Romans surprisingly do after Cloelia successfully escapes from Porsena?

2. What procedure does Ancus re-institute?

3. What does the group of pacifists call themselves?

4. How have the allies been fighting their war until they seek a mediator for it?

5. Why are slaves not considered part of the plebian class?

(see the answer key)

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