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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, War & Politics: Chapter 1, War & Politics, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author tell the reader he is writing about in the first Introduction?
(a) The first people in Rome that anyone is certain of.
(b) The first people in Rome that cannot be verified.
(c) The second group of people to inhabit Rome.
(d) The group of people who traveled through Rome before it was founded.

2. How many tribes does Rome have at this point in their history in the second part of The Republic?
(a) Fifty one.
(b) Forty one.
(c) Twenty one.
(d) Thirty one.

3. What do the people do when creditors attempt to collect repayment in the courts?
(a) They protest the government by holding big rallies.
(b) They encourage debtors not to attend the court proceedings.
(c) They file lawsuits against the creditors in retaliation.
(d) They form mobs to protect the debtors.

4. What decision does Rome make at the end of Rome and the Patricians?
(a) They declare the land private property of Rome.
(b) They attack half of the allies.
(c) They attack all of the allies.
(d) They declare the land public property of Rome.

5. What is the population of Rome estimated to be during first part of The Patricians at Bay?
(a) 94, 714.
(b) 49, 714.
(c) 140, 714.
(d) 104, 714.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Romans label the class that exhibits wealth and power?

2. Who does Postumius have trouble cooperating with in the military?

3. How do the women stop the first known war between the inhabitants of Rome?

4. According to Cloelia, what does gender influence?

5. What causes Servilius and Appius to become unpopular with the Romans?

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