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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 year does the book, Patricians at Bay begin?
(a) 576 BC.
(b) 467 BC.
(c) 567 BC.
(d) 476 BC.

2. What role do the decemvirs have in the Republic at the start of the fourth book?
(a) They have been demoted.
(b) They have been removed.
(c) They have been reduced to working men.
(d) They have been forced to serve in the military.

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

4. What is Circus Maximus?
(a) A large private stadium.
(b) A large, circular shaped senate building.
(c) A large public stadium.
(d) A large, circular shaped courthouse.

5. What does Romulus become known as?
(a) The foundation of Rome.
(b) The direction of Rome.
(c) The destruction of Rome.
(d) The preservation of Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Tables are there in the Laws that the Romans propose?

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

3. What causes the Roman military to face the possibility of defeat?

4. What is the reason given for why parents are eventually allowed to move into Rome?

5. Who does the slave turn the information of the conspiracy over to?

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