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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the perception of Rome while Pompilius presides there?
(a) It is peaceful but lacks discipline.
(b) It is peaceful and well disciplined.
(c) It is volatile but disciplined.
(d) It is volatile and undisciplined.

2. What procedure does Ancus re-institute?
(a) An election by the people.
(b) The declaration of war.
(c) An election by the senate.
(d) The declaration of peace.

3. What does Servius institute while serving as the King of Rome?
(a) A limit to what the Roman people can earn.
(b) A new trade agreement with other countries.
(c) The census.
(d) A limit to what elected officials can earn.

4. What threat causes the senate to offer debtors a relief from their debts if they agree to serve in the military?
(a) The threat of the Tungrians.
(b) The threat of the Batavians.
(c) The threat of the Nervians.
(d) The threat of the Volscians.

5. After the disgrace Tarquin, his wife, and his son have brought to Rome, how many consuls do the Romans decide to elect to replace the kingship?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the problem of debt described?

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

3. How does Rome use the Dictatorship during The Republic?

4. What do the people do when creditors attempt to collect repayment in the courts?

5. What condition does Ancus find Rome to be in when he takes over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Livy's theory of human nature, and how does it relate to Rome?

2. How does Tarquin die, and what effect does it have on the Republic of Rome?

3. How is the war between the Romans and the Aequians waged?

4. How does the political system of the oligarchs differ from the original ruling style of the Kings?

5. What happens under a two consul system that changes the traditional way military leaders fight with their men?

6. How do the senators initially respond to the ensuing credit war, and why does this strategy backfire on them?

7. What do the introductory sections of the book cover and what is the overall intent of Livy?

8. How does the town of Pometia surprisingly stand up to Rome, and what is the end result?

9. What two noteworthy things does Servius do while he serves as the King of Rome?

10. How does Tarquin attempt to regain power, and what prevents him from succeeding?

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