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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 does a leader's presence or absence on the battlefield affect the troops fighting in a war?
(a) The troops begin to lose morale if a leader is absent.
(b) The troops fight the same whether a leader is present or not.
(c) The troops begin to lose morale if a leader is present.
(d) The troops mostly prefer to be led by a soldier, rather than a military/political leader.

2. How is Romulus thought of as a leader?
(a) He is admired, but not respected.
(b) He is respected, but not admired.
(c) He is neither admired nor respected.
(d) He is admired and respected.

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

4. How do the people view the senators' fear of the crowds resulting from the debt problem the city faces?
(a) They are confused by it.
(b) They view it as positive.
(c) They ignore it.
(d) They view it as negative.

5. What situation is the most common setting for a Dictator to be named of Rome?
(a) Civil unrest.
(b) A war.
(c) A financial crisis.
(d) A shortage of supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the support of the people viewed by the Kings of early Rome?

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

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

4. What does Ancus do to solve the increasing crime problem Rome faces?

5. What does Pompilius primarily focus on?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Hostilius different than Romulus and Pompilius?

3. What role do the women have in the beginning of Rome?

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

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

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

7. How are the debtors made to pay for their debt, and what do the creditors do to take advantage of them?

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

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

10. How do the debtors and the citizens of Rome take the law into their own hands after the government proves to be no help with the credit problems?

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