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

2. What planet's name is given to the temple to a deity?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Jupiter.

3. How does Livy describe Tarquin's rule over Rome?
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Evil.

4. How many debtors agree to sign up for the military the second time that the government asks them to?
(a) Half of them.
(b) A quarter of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) None.

5. Which relative of Hostilius set the precedent for the meaning of the word "hostile?"
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What result does the death of King Romulus have on Rome?

2. According to one theory, how are Romulus and Remus related?

3. According to Cloelia, what does gender influence?

4. What does the author tell the reader he is writing about in the first Introduction?

5. How do the people view the senators' fear of the crowds resulting from the debt problem the city faces?

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