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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the crisis that the decemvirs face?

2. What is the reason for the dispute of Rome's allies?

3. How many meetings with the senators do the decemvirs request?

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

5. How do the women in Rome factor into the wars during Rome and the Patricians?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What are the decemvirs?

6. What cause does Plato think women should eventually take up and why?

7. What are the Laws of the Ten Tables?

8. Who is Postumia and why do people object to her?

9. What is unique about Lucius Tarquitius?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rome is taken over by Gaul for a variety of reasons, and the Romans are forced to make an important decision.

1) Describe the state of Rome when Gaul attacks and how it contributes to the result of the attacks.

2) Explain who Camillus is and why he has an important part in the war as well as the decision to remain in Rome after it is over.

3) Discuss the events that take place after the war, including how the women are instrumental in giving Rome a second chance, the way they are rewarded for it, and the magnitude of the decision that the Romans are left with.

4) Explain the omen that occurs and how it causes the people to stay in Rome. Also, describe the way the city is rebuilt and what the possible future for the Republic of Rome is.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the changes that the Republic goes through during The Early History of Rome, from the Kings to the three part political system that it eventually adopts. Include the major differences between each system, which people objected to them, and how. Also, explain the roles of each part of the government (consuls, senate, tribunes) and how those roles either changed or remained the same over time.

Essay Topic 3

Chronicle the war between the creditors and the debtors, including the following:

1) How the dispute begins, what brings it to the forefront of Roman politics, and the way it intensifies.

2) What steps the senators take to initially deal with the problems and how the people respond to their actions.

3) The ways that creditors exploit the debtors and the proposal the government makes to the debtors as well as the reasons behind it.

4) The war with the Volscians and its impact on the war between the creditors and the debtors.

5) Why and how the debtors eventually take matters into their own hands and whether or not you agree with their actions.

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