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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of republic do the Romans choose their form of government over?
(a) Albanian.
(b) Turkish.
(c) Macedonian.
(d) Grecian.

2. What causes Servilius and Appius to become unpopular with the Romans?
(a) The consul does not keep their word with the debtors.
(b) The consul only lends half of the debtors the money needed to pay their debts.
(c) The consul continues to ignore the creditors' unfair treatment of debtors.
(d) The consul attempts to collect the debts owed on the creditors' behalf.

3. What kinds of rights are the women promised when Rome is first beginning?
(a) More rights than were common for Roman wives.
(b) Less rights than were common for Roman wives.
(c) All of the rights proper to Roman wives.
(d) None of the rights proper to Roman wives.

4. What does the group, the Aurunci, consist of?
(a) More than one town.
(b) More than one country.
(c) Just one town.
(d) Just one country.

5. How does the slave described in the beginning of Rome's new consul learn of the conspirators' plans?
(a) He knows another slave who works for one of the conspirators.
(b) He knows another slave who has overheard their conversation.
(c) He works for one of the conspirators.
(d) He overhears their conversation while passing them on the street.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are the Sabine people described in the book?

3. After the senate is formed, how is King Numa Pompilius elected?

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

5. What is a difficulty that the author encounters while writing about the history of Rome?

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