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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, The Capture of Rome: Chapter 1, Rome's Capture, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many meetings with the senators do the decemvirs request?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. What result does the death of King Romulus have on Rome?
(a) It causes the Romans to wage a civil war.
(b) It causes the Romans to stop the civil war going on.
(c) It makes the Romans less vulnerable.
(d) It makes the Romans more vulnerable.

3. How many Tables are there in the Laws that the Romans propose?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Five.

4. Who are Marcus Genucius and Gaius Curtius?
(a) The new consuls after the decemvirs.
(b) The new senators after the decemvirs.
(c) Two military leaders after the decemvirs.
(d) The two responsible for dealing with the decemvirs.

5. What do the leaders have mixed feelings about, as a result of the slaves' revolt?
(a) Eliminating the curfew.
(b) Arming the people.
(c) Disarming the people.
(d) Imposing a curfew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the Volscians to aid a Roman party?

2. What Latin city does Rome conquer in order to further increase its population?

3. How do the senators show their fear for the people's increasing awareness of the debt crisis?

4. Why are slaves not considered part of the plebian class?

5. What has Veii's internal politics caused them to appoint?

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