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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. How long does Pompilius rule over Rome?
(a) Thirty-three years.
(b) Fifty-three years.
(c) Twenty-three years.
(d) Forty-three years.

2. What year does the book, Patricians at Bay begin?
(a) 467 BC.
(b) 576 BC.
(c) 567 BC.
(d) 476 BC.

3. Who are the main perpetrators of the mass hysteria surrounding the battles the Romans fight in?
(a) People who lost friends or relatives in the battles.
(b) People who live outside of the city.
(c) People who live inside of the city.
(d) People who are actively involved in the battles.

4. As Part 2 of The Republic begins, what is a main focus of Rome's culture?
(a) The Romans are reducing the influence of other regions in their culture.
(b) The Romans are trying to make the city less sophisticated.
(c) The Romans are expanding their culture to include traits of other regions.
(d) The Romans are trying to make the city more sophisticated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the women stop the first known war between the inhabitants of Rome?

2. Who does the slave turn the information of the conspiracy over to?

3. What is the population of Rome estimated to be during first part of The Patricians at Bay?

4. How are the Sabine people described in the book?

5. How long does the creation and establishment of Rome take?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Romulus regarded as a leader, and what things does he have to do in order to build Rome?

3. How do the Romans and the Albans agree to settle their war and what is the result?

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

5. What are the two different stories about the origin of Romulus and Remus?

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

7. What is the new group of pacifists called, and where do they settle?

8. How does the plague weaken Rome, and what brings them back from possible defeat?

9. What is the government's proposal to the debtors, and why does it work only one time?

10. Who is Valerius, and what does he do for the Roman people?

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