Question 1

What resulted from the First Punic War?

Accepted Answer

A) The Carthaginians were forced to withdraw from Spain. 
B) The Carthaginians were forced to withdraw from Sicily and pay an indemnity to Rome. 
C) Sicily gained its independence from both Rome and Carthage. 
D) Rome was forced to relinquish its Mediterranean claims. 
E) Pyrrhus invaded Italy. 
A) The Carthaginians were forced to withdraw from Spain. 
B) The Carthaginians were forced to withdraw from Sicily and pay an indemnity to Rome. 
C) Sicily gained its independence from both Rome and Carthage. 
D) Rome was forced to relinquish its Mediterranean claims. 
E) Pyrrhus invaded Italy.

Question 2

The centuriate assembly was essentially the Roman army functioning as a political institution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

It has been said that Roman culture was not very original, only a copy of the Greek. Prove or disprove this idea.

Accepted Answer

The idea that Roman culture was not very

Question 4

In the Roman system of slavery,

Accepted Answer

A) only non-Italians were enslaved. 
B) slaves were used as artists, musicians, and doctors. 
C) slavery was not hereditary. 
D) all slaves were treated with great cruelty. 
E) there was a strong connection between slavery and race. 
A) only non-Italians were enslaved. 
B) slaves were used as artists, musicians, and doctors. 
C) slavery was not hereditary. 
D) all slaves were treated with great cruelty. 
E) there was a strong connection between slavery and race.

Question 5

What was the impact of Italy's geography on the development of Rome?

Accepted Answer

A) It provided little productive land for agriculture. 
B) It divided the peninsula into small isolated communities. 
C) It made Rome a natural crossroads and an area easy to defend. 
D) It made the conquering of the Mediterranean a difficult task. 
E) It created the same difficult environment as in Greece, thus making political unity difficult. 
A) It provided little productive land for agriculture. 
B) It divided the peninsula into small isolated communities. 
C) It made Rome a natural crossroads and an area easy to defend. 
D) It made the conquering of the Mediterranean a difficult task. 
E) It created the same difficult environment as in Greece, thus making political unity difficult.

Question 6

What did Polybius see as the key to the success of the Roman army during the period of the early republic?

Accepted Answer

A) The vast resources devoted to the army 
B) The pool of slaves available to support the army 
C) The advanced technology available to the army 
D) The sheer size of the army 
E) The fact that it was a citizen army 
A) The vast resources devoted to the army 
B) The pool of slaves available to support the army 
C) The advanced technology available to the army 
D) The sheer size of the army 
E) The fact that it was a citizen army

Question 7

What was Sulla's legacy?

Accepted Answer

A) He became the first non-Roman consul. 
B) He became the first Roman general to use siege engines. 
C) He prevented civil war by arbitrating disputes between Marius and Gaius. 
D) He divided up the latifundia and restored the dispossessed farmers to their lands. 
E) He employed the army to seize power in political disputes, a strategy copied by other ambitious men. 
A) He became the first non-Roman consul. 
B) He became the first Roman general to use siege engines. 
C) He prevented civil war by arbitrating disputes between Marius and Gaius. 
D) He divided up the latifundia and restored the dispossessed farmers to their lands. 
E) He employed the army to seize power in political disputes, a strategy copied by other ambitious men.

Question 8

During the period of the early republic, the Roman army was comprised of

Accepted Answer

A) slaves. 
B) male citizens who could equip themselves for battle. 
C) non-citizens who had committed crimes. 
D) Italians who had been conscripted into the army. 
E) male citizens under twenty years of age. 
A) slaves. 
B) male citizens who could equip themselves for battle. 
C) non-citizens who had committed crimes. 
D) Italians who had been conscripted into the army. 
E) male citizens under twenty years of age.

Question 9

Which of the following statements best applies to Roman education?

Accepted Answer

A) Foreigners were not allowed to become teachers. 
B) Boys and girls were educated through a rigorous public school system borrowed from the Spartans. 
C) The wealthy classes wanted training in Greek and mastery of rhetoric, or persuasive public speaking, for their children. 
D) Study of foreign languages was prohibited to purify the Latin language. 
E) There were many public schools, with scholarships made available to the poor. 
A) Foreigners were not allowed to become teachers. 
B) Boys and girls were educated through a rigorous public school system borrowed from the Spartans. 
C) The wealthy classes wanted training in Greek and mastery of rhetoric, or persuasive public speaking, for their children. 
D) Study of foreign languages was prohibited to purify the Latin language. 
E) There were many public schools, with scholarships made available to the poor.

Question 10

What was the significance of Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War?

Accepted Answer

A) He impeded Hannibal's advance in Italy through delaying tactics. 
B) He expelled the Carthaginians from Spain and later won the decisive Battle of Zama. 
C) He engineered a valuable alliance with the Gauls. 
D) He first utilized elephants as "living tanks." 
E) He saved Rome by leaving his farm, assuming military leadership, and then returning to his land. 
A) He impeded Hannibal's advance in Italy through delaying tactics. 
B) He expelled the Carthaginians from Spain and later won the decisive Battle of Zama. 
C) He engineered a valuable alliance with the Gauls. 
D) He first utilized elephants as "living tanks." 
E) He saved Rome by leaving his farm, assuming military leadership, and then returning to his land.

Question 11

What happened when Roman laws changed for plebeians and patricians in the fourth century B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A) Patricians were removed from civic government. 
B) The death penalty was established for treason against the state. 
C) Plebeians and the patricians were now bound by Roman laws. 
D) Greeks laws were banished from the Roman legal system. 
E) Citizenship was granted to non-Romans. 
A) Patricians were removed from civic government. 
B) The death penalty was established for treason against the state. 
C) Plebeians and the patricians were now bound by Roman laws. 
D) Greeks laws were banished from the Roman legal system. 
E) Citizenship was granted to non-Romans.

Question 12

The Roman senator who led the movement for the complete destruction of Carthage was

Accepted Answer

A) Cato. 
B) Scipio. 
C) Marius. 
D) Pliny the Elder. 
E) Sulla. 
A) Cato. 
B) Scipio. 
C) Marius. 
D) Pliny the Elder. 
E) Sulla.

Question 13

The Romans competed with the Carthaginians for dominance in the eastern Mediterranean.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Romans were contemptuous of all non-Roman religious ideas and practices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The people to the north of Rome who apparently ruled Rome for a century and heavily influenced Roman urban culture were the

Accepted Answer

A) Ligurians. 
B) Gauls. 
C) Samnites. 
D) Etruscans. 
E) Dorians. 
A) Ligurians. 
B) Gauls. 
C) Samnites. 
D) Etruscans. 
E) Dorians.

Question 16

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
patricians and plebians

Accepted Answer

Patricians and Plebeians were two distin

Question 17

Roman legend identifies twin brothers Romulus and Remus as the founders of Rome.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Roman support for the freedom of the Greek states brought Rome into conflict with

Accepted Answer

A) Gaul. 
B) Athens. 
C) Macedonia. 
D) Egypt. 
E) Corinth. 
A) Gaul. 
B) Athens. 
C) Macedonia. 
D) Egypt. 
E) Corinth.

Question 19

What was the immediate cause of the First Punic War?

Accepted Answer

A) Carthaginian treachery in the Pyrrhic Wars 
B) Roman colonization in North Africa 
C) Carthaginian expansion along the Spanish and Italian coasts 
D) Rome sending an army to Sicily 
E) Cato's decision to destroy Carthage 
A) Carthaginian treachery in the Pyrrhic Wars 
B) Roman colonization in North Africa 
C) Carthaginian expansion along the Spanish and Italian coasts 
D) Rome sending an army to Sicily 
E) Cato's decision to destroy Carthage

Question 20

Like most of the great Roman writers of the first century B.C.E., Catullus was from Rome.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: The Roman Republic

What resulted from the First Punic War?

The centuriate assembly was essentially the Roman army functioning as a political institution.

It has been said that Roman culture was not very original, only a copy of the Greek. Prove or disprove this idea.

In the Roman system of slavery,

What was the impact of Italy's geography on the development of Rome?

What did Polybius see as the key to the success of the Roman army during the period of the early republic?

What was Sulla's legacy?

During the period of the early republic, the Roman army was comprised of

Which of the following statements best applies to Roman education?

What was the significance of Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War?

What happened when Roman laws changed for plebeians and patricians in the fourth century B.C.E.?

The Roman senator who led the movement for the complete destruction of Carthage was

The Romans competed with the Carthaginians for dominance in the eastern Mediterranean.

The Romans were contemptuous of all non-Roman religious ideas and practices.

The people to the north of Rome who apparently ruled Rome for a century and heavily influenced Roman urban culture were the

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. patricians and plebians

Roman legend identifies twin brothers Romulus and Remus as the founders of Rome.

Roman support for the freedom of the Greek states brought Rome into conflict with

What was the immediate cause of the First Punic War?

Like most of the great Roman writers of the first century B.C.E., Catullus was from Rome.

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