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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 the allies hope Rome will provide for them in their dispute?
(a) A different problem.
(b) A different city to conquer.
(c) A different place to battle over.
(d) A different solution.

2. How does the government pay for the military?
(a) It requests donations from the people.
(b) It taxes the government officials.
(c) It requests donations from other regions.
(d) It taxes the people.

3. What is Caeso Quinctius's opinion of the consuls?
(a) He eliminates them.
(b) He defends them.
(c) He tries to add mroe consuls to the senate.
(d) He tries to replace them with the tribunes.

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

5. Where does the defeat of Rome mentioned in Part 1of Rome's Capture take place?
(a) Inside the city.
(b) In another country.
(c) In Circus Maximus.
(d) Outside of the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the Volscians to aid a Roman party?

2. What is the real problem the decemvirs have?

3. How do the senators feel about the practices of the decemvirs?

4. What is the crisis that the decemvirs face?

5. How many men with axes govern over the people of Rome as Chapter 2 of Rome and the Patricians ends?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Postumius do to cause his soldiers to turn against him, and what is the controversy surrounding his death?

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

3. What are the Etruscans known for, and why is their advice sought?

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

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

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

7. What are the decemvirs?

8. What is the "solution" that Rome gives its allies, and how is the decision perceived by the people?

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

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

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