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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Republic: Chapter 1, Rome as a Republic, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cloelia do when she is held hostage for the second time?
(a) She oversees the food supply for the hostages.
(b) She oversees a group of boy hostages.
(c) She oversees another escape by the hostages.
(d) She oversees a group of girl hostages.

3. What does Brutus demand for the protection of the Roman government?
(a) That he be declared King.
(b) That there will be no more Kings.
(c) That the elections will happen every four years.
(d) That there will no longer be elections.

4. How many years is a consul given to serve when the position is first created?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. How is Horatius given a reprieve from the death penalty after his tragic response to his sister's reaction to the battle?
(a) No witnesses will testify against him.
(b) He is considered to have been in an abnormal state after the battle.
(c) He is found innocent of all charges.
(d) The senate does not want to lose him as a soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brutus known as in the beginning of the second book?

2. How many years is Rome a Republic before other well known governments are established, such as Athens and Sparta?

3. Who does Tarquin recruit to assist him in the effort to regain Rome after he is banished?

4. What does the group of pacifists call themselves?

5. What is the slave given for his role in preventing the conspiracy?

(see the answer key)

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