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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. What are the women of Rome given after they are asked to pay off the Gauls?
(a) The right to have a speech at their funerals.
(b) The right to serve a public office.
(c) The right to serve in the military.
(d) The right to vote.

2. How does Rome use the Dictatorship during The Republic?
(a) Every other year.
(b) Only as needed.
(c) Never.
(d) It replaces the consul.

3. How are the tribunes given their office?
(a) They are appointed by the consuls.
(b) They are elected by the people.
(c) They are appointed by the dictator.
(d) They are appointed by the senate.

4. What causes the Volscians to aid a Roman party?
(a) A military dispute.
(b) A political dispute.
(c) A matrimonial dispute.
(d) A financial dispute.

5. 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 group of people who traveled through Rome before it was founded.
(d) The second group of people to inhabit Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. How common is the interaction between human and divine beings in Ancient Rome, according to Livy?

2. Where do the Romans adopt their religion from?

3. What threat causes the senate to offer debtors a relief from their debts if they agree to serve in the military?

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

5. What year does the section War & Politics begin?

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