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

2. Why are most of the politicians in Rome oligarchs?
(a) The city cannot find more than a few people that the Romans would elect.
(b) They can afford to invest the time needed.
(c) They tried a political system with many leaders and it did not work.
(d) They have seen how political systems with many leaders in other regions have failed.

3. 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.

4. What procedure does Ancus re-institute?
(a) The declaration of peace.
(b) An election by the senate.
(c) The declaration of war.
(d) An election by the people.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What condition does Ancus find Rome to be in when he takes over?

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

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

5. What does Brutus demand for the protection of the Roman government?

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