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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 state of politics in Chapter 3 of Rome and the Patricians?
(a) Confused.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Thriving.
(d) Collapsed.

2. What season do the Romans choose to launch a siege against Veii?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

3. Why are slaves not considered part of the plebian class?
(a) They do not have enough money.
(b) They are not polticians.
(c) They cannot join the military.
(d) They cannot vote.

4. What do the leaders have mixed feelings about, as a result of the slaves' revolt?
(a) Eliminating the curfew.
(b) Arming the people.
(c) Disarming the people.
(d) Imposing a curfew.

5. What kind of power are the Etruscans known for?
(a) Political, but not cultural.
(b) Political and cultural.
(c) The Etruscans were not known for having any power.
(d) Cultural, but not political.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of questions warranted the Etruscans' knowledge?

2. What are the people chastised for after the rule of the decemvirs ends?

3. What role do the decemvirs have in the Republic at the start of the fourth book?

4. What is the state of the allies when they approach Rome for mediation?

5. What part of Livy's tone is consistent throughout the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How long does the pestilence and illness last, and what effect does it have on Rome?

3. What is the main problem the decemvirs are having and why?

4. What innovation is described at the end of War & Politics pertaining to the military and how it is compensated?

5. Who is Quinctius, and what debate is he positioned in the middle of?

6. What are both sides of the intermarriage debate Rome faces?

7. What threat do the decemvirs face, and how do they initially attempt to deal with it?

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

9. What happens between two allies of Rome, and how does the city become involved?

10. Who is Appius Claudius, and what does he point out about the state of Rome?

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