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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 unique about Lucius Tarquitius?
(a) He does not own a horse.
(b) He is a soldier for three separate armies.
(c) He does not live in Rome.
(d) He works among the common people and in the government.

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

3. How is Postumia described?
(a) Reserved and dressed attractively.
(b) Outspoken and dressed attractively.
(c) Outspoken and dressed unattractively.
(d) Reserved and dressed unattractively.

4. During the time of Rome and the Patricians, how is the military generally used?
(a) In response to attacks.
(b) In response to threats.
(c) To control the government.
(d) To control the city's people.

5. What threat does the revolt of the slaves cause Rome to face?
(a) The overthrow of the government.
(b) The institution of martial law.
(c) Over population.
(d) A civil war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season do the Romans choose to launch a siege against Veii?

2. Who does Postumius have trouble cooperating with in the military?

3. How do the common people view Caeso Quinctius?

4. What are the decemvirs mainly unable to manage?

5. How many Tables are there in the Laws that the Romans propose?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the city of Ardea respond positively to Rome's new outlook?

2. What do the senators do when the decemvirs take over?

3. Who do the plebians include, and how are they described?

4. What is Veii now considered to the Romans, and how does Rome plan on dealing with the situation?

5. What do the Volscians surprisingly do that redefines their relationship with Rome?

6. What happens to the five classes set up by Servilius, and how are the patricians described?

7. What is the goal of the Roman military as they begin the war with Veii, and how do they attempt to meet it?

8. What are the decemvirs?

9. What is unique about Lucius Tarquitius?

10. How do the slaves revolt, what is the senate's response, and how is the problem resolved?

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