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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. What result does the death of King Romulus have on Rome?
(a) It makes the Romans more vulnerable.
(b) It makes the Romans less vulnerable.
(c) It causes the Romans to stop the civil war going on.
(d) It causes the Romans to wage a civil war.

2. How does Romulus urge the men to treat the women as Rome is beginning to build its population?
(a) Respectfully.
(b) Carelessly.
(c) Disrespectfully.
(d) Fearfully.

3. What procedure does Ancus re-institute?
(a) An election by the people.
(b) An election by the senate.
(c) The declaration of peace.
(d) The declaration of war.

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

5. In the Romans' victory over the Albans, how many total combatant deaths are there?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition does Ancus find Rome to be in when he takes over?

2. How do the surrounding political locations feel about Rome when it is first being created?

3. What is Circus Maximus?

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

5. After the disgrace Tarquin, his wife, and his son have brought to Rome, how many consuls do the Romans decide to elect to replace the kingship?

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