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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How have the allies been fighting their war until they seek a mediator for it?
(a) One ally has won the most battles.
(b) None of the allies have won a battle.
(c) The allies cannot determine who has won or lost the battles.
(d) Each ally has won and lost frequently.

2. How is the civil strife in Rome managed?
(a) A military leader raises troops that side with the senate.
(b) A military leader raises troops that side with the tribune.
(c) A military leader raises troops that side with the consul.
(d) A military leader raises troops that side with the slaves.

3. What does Rome's decision in Chapter 3 of Rome and the Patricians illustrate?
(a) Rome's politics.
(b) Rome's power.
(c) Rome's naivety.
(d) Rome's weakness.

4. During the time of Rome and the Patricians, how is the military generally used?
(a) In response to threats.
(b) To control the city's people.
(c) To control the government.
(d) In response to attacks.

5. What is Caeso Quinctius's opinion of the consuls?
(a) He eliminates them.
(b) He tries to replace them with the tribunes.
(c) He tries to add mroe consuls to the senate.
(d) He defends them.

6. According to Claudius, what is the real trouble in Rome?
(a) The people's tendency to expand the separation between classes.
(b) The senate's tendency to expand the separation between classes.
(c) The consuls' tendency to expand the separation between classes.
(d) The tribune's tendency to expand the separation between classes.

7. Why are women and children not considered part of the plebian class?
(a) They are not politicians.
(b) They cannot vote.
(c) They do not have enough money.
(d) They cannot join the military.

8. How does the government pay for the military?
(a) It taxes the government officials.
(b) It taxes the people.
(c) It requests donations from the people.
(d) It requests donations from other regions.

9. How is the nature of the decemvirs' politics described?
(a) Legal, but ineffective.
(b) Illegal and ineffective.
(c) Illegal, but effective.
(d) Legal, but unethical.

10. How many men with axes govern over the people of Rome as Chapter 2 of Rome and the Patricians ends?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) Twenty.

11. What year does the section War & Politics begin?
(a) 544 BC.
(b) 445 BC.
(c) 234 BC.
(d) 345 BC.

12. What is unique about Lucius Tarquitius?
(a) He does not own a horse.
(b) He works among the common people and in the government.
(c) He does not live in Rome.
(d) He is a soldier for three separate armies.

13. What is it about Postumia that offends some people?
(a) The way she isolates herself.
(b) The way she adorns herself.
(c) Her questionable wealth.
(d) Her family's reputation.

14. How long do the Romans evacuate the city because of the pestilence and illness?
(a) Five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Three years.

15. What is used to support the advocates of intermarriage?
(a) The success of intermarriage in other regions.
(b) The previous design of the social classes by Rome.
(c) The previous integration of other regions by Rome.
(d) The failure of other regions who do not have intermarriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the crisis that the decemvirs face?

2. What is the state of politics in Chapter 3 of Rome and the Patricians?

3. How do the slaves revolt in Rome?

4. How is Rome's decision at the end of Rome and the Patricians received?

5. What happens when the allies arrive in Rome at the end of Rome and the Patricians?

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