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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Horatius given a reprieve from the death penalty after his tragic response to his sister's reaction to the battle?
(a) No witnesses will testify against him.
(b) He is found innocent of all charges.
(c) He is considered to have been in an abnormal state after the battle.
(d) The senate does not want to lose him as a soldier.

2. What planet's name is given to the temple to a deity?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Neptune.

3. 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 have seen how political systems with many leaders in other regions have failed.
(c) They can afford to invest the time needed.
(d) They tried a political system with many leaders and it did not work.

4. How attentive to the people's needs are the oligarchic rulers?
(a) They are always attentive to them by choice.
(b) It depends on the cirumstances.
(c) They are rarely attentive to them by choice.
(d) It is impossible for them to be attentive to them.

5. How many years is Rome a Republic before other well known governments are established, such as Athens and Sparta?
(a) About 120 years.
(b) About 320 years.
(c) About 400 years.
(d) About 200 years.

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

7. How do the women stop the first known war between the inhabitants of Rome?
(a) They speak to Romulus and convince him to stop it.
(b) They threaten to leave the city forever.
(c) They sign a petition and bring it to Romulus.
(d) They position themselves between the opposing armies.

8. In the original book, how many chapter breaks are there in The Republic?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

9. What is the slave given for his role in preventing the conspiracy?
(a) Roman citizenship.
(b) Free land.
(c) A place in the senate.
(d) The chance to purchase land.

10. What does Brutus demand for the protection of the Roman government?
(a) That there will no longer be elections.
(b) That there will be no more Kings.
(c) That the elections will happen every four years.
(d) That he be declared King.

11. What is the reason for Tarquin's failure at attempting to retake control of Rome?
(a) Tarquin does not allow his men to rest, so they are too tired to fight Rome.
(b) The people's fear of Brutus.
(c) The support of the people for Brutus.
(d) Tarquin lacks the number of men needed to battle Rome.

12. What does the group of pacifists call themselves?
(a) The peace party.
(b) The anti-war party.
(c) The anti-war coalition.
(d) The peace coalition.

13. Where do the Romans adopt their religion from?
(a) The Albanians.
(b) The Bulgarians.
(c) The Turks.
(d) The Greeks.

14. What does Ancus do to solve the increasing crime problem Rome faces?
(a) He builds the first prison.
(b) He has guards patrol the city.
(c) He imposes a curfew on the city.
(d) He becomes more selective about which cities he takes people from in the future.

15. Which one of the following is not an event that is included in the book as an ominous sign for Rome?
(a) Fire in the sky.
(b) A volcanic eruption.
(c) A talking cow.
(d) Extensive flooding of the rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is made to honor Cloelia's bravery?

2. What are the women asked to disregard pertaining to the men they found themselves with at the start of Rome?

3. What does Cloelia do when she is held hostage for the second time?

4. What never changes, according to the opening of The Patricians at Bay?

5. What do the Romans surprisingly do after Cloelia successfully escapes from Porsena?

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