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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Patricians at Bay: Chapter 1, Rome and the Patricians, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the problem of debt described?
(a) As a past social problem.
(b) As a manageable civil and social problem.
(c) As a past civil problem..
(d) As an unmanageable civil and social problem.

2. What is Brutus known as in the beginning of the second book?
(a) Brutus the Conqueror.
(b) Brutus the Betrayer.
(c) Brutus the Destroyer.
(d) Brutus the Liberator.

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

4. What do some of the creditors do to make the situation worse?
(a) They exploit the debtors.
(b) They try to take property away from the debtors.
(c) They refuse to accept repayment of the debts owed to them.
(d) They attack the debtors physically.

5. What do the Volscians continue to be for Rome during the time of two consuls?
(a) A major opponent of Rome.
(b) A major ally of Rome.
(c) A source of food for Rome.
(d) A source of work for Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days are taken to contemplate the origin of the lights in the sky that are seen after a military campaign?

2. How many debtors agree to sign up for the military the second time that the government asks them to?

3. How does Romulus urge the men to treat the women as Rome is beginning to build its population?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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