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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Earliest Rome: Chapter 2, Rome Under the Kings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the surrounding political locations feel about Rome when it is first being created?
(a) They fear it.
(b) They are confused by it.
(c) They like it.
(d) They do not like it.

2. How long did Romulus rule for?
(a) Seventeen years.
(b) Thirty-seven years.
(c) Twenty-seven years.
(d) Forty-seven years.

3. What is Circus Maximus?
(a) A large, circular shaped senate building.
(b) A large public stadium.
(c) A large, circular shaped courthouse.
(d) A large private stadium.

4. What does the author tell the reader he is writing about in the first Introduction?
(a) The first people in Rome that cannot be verified.
(b) The group of people who traveled through Rome before it was founded.
(c) The first people in Rome that anyone is certain of.
(d) The second group of people to inhabit Rome.

5. What condition does Ancus find Rome to be in when he takes over?
(a) Both warlike and peaceful.
(b) Mainly peaceful.
(c) Mainly warlike.
(d) Neither warlike nor peaceful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pompilius primarily focus on?

2. How does Hostilius consider Pompilius's culture to be?

3. Which sign do Romulus and Remus become the symbol for?

4. How is Horatius given a reprieve from the death penalty after his tragic response to his sister's reaction to the battle?

5. How common is the interaction between human and divine beings in Ancient Rome, according to Livy?

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