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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 do some of the creditors do to make the situation worse?
(a) They exploit the debtors.
(b) They try to take property away from the debtors.
(c) They refuse to accept repayment of the debts owed to them.
(d) They attack the debtors physically.

2. How is the problem of debt described?
(a) As an unmanageable civil and social problem.
(b) As a manageable civil and social problem.
(c) As a past social problem.
(d) As a past civil problem..

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

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

5. What serious problem do the Romans turn to religion for help with?
(a) The financial burden of debts.
(b) The fear of the lights in the sky.
(c) The wars.
(d) The plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a difficulty that the author encounters while writing about the history of Rome?

2. What does the author tell the reader he is writing about in the first Introduction?

3. What is the reason for Tarquin's failure at attempting to retake control of Rome?

4. How do the senators show their fear for the people's increasing awareness of the debt crisis?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tarquin gain power, and who is recognized in removing it from him?

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

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

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

6. How does Rome respond to outside regions in the beginning of its existence?

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

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

9. How does the war between the creditors and the debtors begin?

10. What happens to Cloelia and why is her story inspirational to the Romans?

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