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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Postumius shockingly threaten his men?
(a) To intentionally lose a battle.
(b) To betray Rome.
(c) To join another army's fight.
(d) To harbor a secret.

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 forced to serve in the military.
(d) They have been reduced to working men.

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

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

5. How many simultaneous campaigns do the Romans attempt to have enough troops to serve in?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Seven.

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 tribune's tendency to expand the separation between classes.
(d) The consuls' tendency to expand the separation between classes.

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

8. What happens when the allies arrive in Rome at the end of Rome and the Patricians?
(a) Rome refuses to allow them entrance.
(b) A new party stakes a claim on the land.
(c) The allies decide they no longer need Rome's assistance.
(d) A new party agrees to replace Rome as the mediator.

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

10. What is the reason for the dispute of Rome's allies?
(a) It is a political dispute.
(b) It is a revolt against the governments of the allies.
(c) It is a civil war.
(d) It is a dispute over territory.

11. What kind of power are the Etruscans known for?
(a) Political and cultural.
(b) The Etruscans were not known for having any power.
(c) Political, but not cultural.
(d) Cultural, but not political.

12. What do the Romans label the class that exhibits wealth and power?
(a) The patricians.
(b) The plebians.
(c) The elitists.
(d) The superiors.

13. How do the decemvirs respond to outside enemies?
(a) They are angered.
(b) They are optimistic.
(c) They are emboldened.
(d) They are shaken.

14. What are the Etruscans advanced in?
(a) Inventions.
(b) Commerce.
(c) Religion.
(d) Warfare.

15. How long were the Volscians an enemy of Rome?
(a) Less than fifty years.
(b) Over one hundred years.
(c) Less than one hundred years.
(d) Over two hundred years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the people chastised for after the rule of the decemvirs ends?

2. How many classes were originally listed by Servilius?

3. Who are Marcus Genucius and Gaius Curtius?

4. What is used to support the advocates of intermarriage?

5. What threat does the revolt of the slaves cause Rome to face?

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