Question 1

Virgil portrayed Aeneas as the ideal Roman.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-Horace

Accepted Answer

Horace was a Roman poet during the time

Question 3

With what philosophical school is Seneca most closely associated?

Accepted Answer

A) Skepticism 
B) Cynicism 
C) Platonism 
D) Epicureanism 
E) Stoicism 
A) Skepticism 
B) Cynicism 
C) Platonism 
D) Epicureanism 
E) Stoicism

Question 4

Which statement accurately portrays the social classes during the early Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

A) Provincials were allowed to hold certain high magisterial positions. 
B) The power of the equestrian class was expanded. 
C) The Senate was expanded to include 400 equestrians. 
D) Debt slavery was ended as a means to acquire slaves. 
E) Independent farms made up the soldiers in Rome's legions. 
A) Provincials were allowed to hold certain high magisterial positions. 
B) The power of the equestrian class was expanded. 
C) The Senate was expanded to include 400 equestrians. 
D) Debt slavery was ended as a means to acquire slaves. 
E) Independent farms made up the soldiers in Rome's legions.

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-Tacitus

Accepted Answer

Tacitus was a Roman historian and senato

Question 6

Which of these conditions occurred during the third century?

Accepted Answer

A) Rome reached the peak of its wealth and power. 
B) The Roman population declined dramatically. 
C) The Roman imperial system was replaced with republican government. 
D) Trade and small industry both expanded rapidly. 
E) Christianity became the official religion of the empire. 
A) Rome reached the peak of its wealth and power. 
B) The Roman population declined dramatically. 
C) The Roman imperial system was replaced with republican government. 
D) Trade and small industry both expanded rapidly. 
E) Christianity became the official religion of the empire.

Question 7

What was an important economic trend during the early empire?

Accepted Answer

A) Steady drain of gold and silver from the West to the East 
B) Growing income equality 
C) Rapid decline in unemployment 
D) Frequent, and long lasting, economic downturns 
E) Virtually no inflation 
A) Steady drain of gold and silver from the West to the East 
B) Growing income equality 
C) Rapid decline in unemployment 
D) Frequent, and long lasting, economic downturns 
E) Virtually no inflation

Question 8

Which trend developed during the reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors?

Accepted Answer

A) Emperors took more and more actual ruling power away from the old Senate. 
B) All efforts to achieve bureaucratic organization of imperial government eventually failed. 
C) Emperors turned over more and more of the daily affairs of government to the Senate. 
D) The power of imperial military forces stationed in Rome declined. 
E) The Senate seized political power against the wishes of the weak emperors. 
A) Emperors took more and more actual ruling power away from the old Senate. 
B) All efforts to achieve bureaucratic organization of imperial government eventually failed. 
C) Emperors turned over more and more of the daily affairs of government to the Senate. 
D) The power of imperial military forces stationed in Rome declined. 
E) The Senate seized political power against the wishes of the weak emperors.

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Romanization

Accepted Answer

Romanization refers to the process of sp

Question 10

Which statement is true of Augustan society?

Accepted Answer

A) Popular assemblies of the lower classes continually grew in importance. 
B) Legislation was passed concerning the corruption of morals. 
C) Equestrians gained the upper hand in the political sphere. 
D) Religion was no longer considered important. 
E) The city of Rome, including the Colosseum, was entirely rebuilt. 
A) Popular assemblies of the lower classes continually grew in importance. 
B) Legislation was passed concerning the corruption of morals. 
C) Equestrians gained the upper hand in the political sphere. 
D) Religion was no longer considered important. 
E) The city of Rome, including the Colosseum, was entirely rebuilt.

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Zealots

Accepted Answer

The term "Zealots" refers to a Jewish po

Question 12

What event curtailed Augustus's expansionist policies?

Accepted Answer

A) The Senatorial rejection of imperialist policy in 20 B.C.E. 
B) The defeat by Varus in the Teutoburg Forest 
C) The revolt of the Egyptians in 14 B.C.E. 
D) The successful series of invasions by the Parthians in the east 
E) The revolt by the Jews in Judea 
A) The Senatorial rejection of imperialist policy in 20 B.C.E. 
B) The defeat by Varus in the Teutoburg Forest 
C) The revolt of the Egyptians in 14 B.C.E. 
D) The successful series of invasions by the Parthians in the east 
E) The revolt by the Jews in Judea

Question 13

What was true of Rome's insulae?

Accepted Answer

A) They housed the city's wealthiest citizens. 
B) They were made of wood and mud. 
C) They were often poorly built and very dangerous. 
D) They were used primarily for religious ceremonies. 
E) They were seen as a prime example of Roman greatness. 
A) They housed the city's wealthiest citizens. 
B) They were made of wood and mud. 
C) They were often poorly built and very dangerous. 
D) They were used primarily for religious ceremonies. 
E) They were seen as a prime example of Roman greatness.

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-Jesus

Accepted Answer

Jesus, also known as Jesus of Nazareth o

Question 15

Which emperor said, "Live in harmony, make the soldiers rich, and don't give a damn for anything else"?

Accepted Answer

A) Augustus 
B) Nero 
C) Trajan 
D) Maximilian 
E) Septimius Severus 
A) Augustus 
B) Nero 
C) Trajan 
D) Maximilian 
E) Septimius Severus

Question 16

How many people lived in the city of Rome during the time of Augustus?

Accepted Answer

A) 50,000 
B) 250,000 
C) 400,000 
D) 600,000 
E) 1 million 
A) 50,000 
B) 250,000 
C) 400,000 
D) 600,000 
E) 1 million

Question 17

Civil war raged within the Roman Empire for much of the third century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Rome and China had little or no knowledge of each other during the imperial period.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-Dead Sea Scrolls

Accepted Answer

The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of

Question 20

Which statement best describes Imperial Rome's gladiatorial shows?

Accepted Answer

A) They were increasingly associated with religious practices. 
B) They were government-backed spectacles used to content the masses. 
C) They were limited to fights between slaves and criminals trained at gladiatorial schools. 
D) They paled in popularity to the Circus Maximus. 
E) They were outlawed by Augustus as being in violation of his policy of moral reform. 
A) They were increasingly associated with religious practices. 
B) They were government-backed spectacles used to content the masses. 
C) They were limited to fights between slaves and criminals trained at gladiatorial schools. 
D) They paled in popularity to the Circus Maximus. 
E) They were outlawed by Augustus as being in violation of his policy of moral reform.

Exam 6: The Roman Empire.

Virgil portrayed Aeneas as the ideal Roman.

Please define the following key terms. -Horace

With what philosophical school is Seneca most closely associated?

Which statement accurately portrays the social classes during the early Roman Empire?

Please define the following key terms. -Tacitus

Which of these conditions occurred during the third century?

What was an important economic trend during the early empire?

Which trend developed during the reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors?

Please define the following key terms. -Romanization

Which statement is true of Augustan society?

Please define the following key terms. -Zealots

What event curtailed Augustus's expansionist policies?

What was true of Rome's insulae?

Please define the following key terms. -Jesus

Which emperor said, "Live in harmony, make the soldiers rich, and don't give a damn for anything else"?

How many people lived in the city of Rome during the time of Augustus?

Civil war raged within the Roman Empire for much of the third century.

Rome and China had little or no knowledge of each other during the imperial period.

Please define the following key terms. -Dead Sea Scrolls

Which statement best describes Imperial Rome's gladiatorial shows?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

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