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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 less vulnerable.
(b) It makes the Romans more 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 long did Romulus rule for?
(a) Forty-seven years.
(b) Thirty-seven years.
(c) Seventeen years.
(d) Twenty-seven years.

3. Which sign do Romulus and Remus become the symbol for?
(a) Leo.
(b) Libra.
(c) Gemini.
(d) Virgo.

4. How do the women stop the first known war between the inhabitants of Rome?
(a) They speak to Romulus and convince him to stop it.
(b) They threaten to leave the city forever.
(c) They sign a petition and bring it to Romulus.
(d) They position themselves between the opposing armies.

5. 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 second group of people to inhabit Rome.
(d) The first people in Rome that anyone is certain of.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many introductory pieces are there that precede the main text of the book?

2. What kinds of rights are the women promised when Rome is first beginning?

3. What are the women asked to disregard pertaining to the men they found themselves with at the start of Rome?

4. Where does Romulus gather people from to help start Rome's population?

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

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