Question 1

Which of the following statements about Roman names is INCORRECT?

Accepted Answer

A) Three names became common in the later Republic. 
B) The praenomen was the forename or personal name. 
C) The nomen was the hereditary family name. 
D) The cognomen was the hereditary family name. 
E) Women usually had one name, the feminine form of the father's nomen. 
A) Three names became common in the later Republic. 
B) The praenomen was the forename or personal name. 
C) The nomen was the hereditary family name. 
D) The cognomen was the hereditary family name. 
E) Women usually had one name, the feminine form of the father's nomen. C

Question 2

In defeating the Greek city-states in southern Italy, Rome

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A) employed mercenary armies from Persia and Asia Minor. 
B) faced large, well-trained armies from the Greek colonies. 
C) gained a sense of security and demobilized its military. 
D) had to fight the soldiers of King Pyrrhus, sent against them by the Greeks. 
E) relied upon a large and professional navy. 
A) employed mercenary armies from Persia and Asia Minor. 
B) faced large, well-trained armies from the Greek colonies. 
C) gained a sense of security and demobilized its military. 
D) had to fight the soldiers of King Pyrrhus, sent against them by the Greeks. 
E) relied upon a large and professional navy. D

Question 3

Optimates in the late Roman Republic wanted to maintain the privileges of the

Accepted Answer

A) Roman soldiers. 
B) nobiles. 
C) plebeians. 
D) equestrians. 
E) emperors. 
A) Roman soldiers. 
B) nobiles. 
C) plebeians. 
D) equestrians. 
E) emperors. B

Question 4

Cicero

Accepted Answer

A) believed in a "concord of the orders." 
B) was a "new man" of the equestrian order. 
C) was a great orator and capable lawyer. 
D) advocated a balanced government of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) believed in a "concord of the orders." 
B) was a "new man" of the equestrian order. 
C) was a great orator and capable lawyer. 
D) advocated a balanced government of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 5

Which of the following statements about marriage best captures the realities for Roman women by the first century B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A) They had legal independence inside their marriages. 
B) They had legal control over all children still at home. 
C) They were legally controlled by their husbands. 
D) They remained legally the property of their fathers. 
E) If rich enough, they could marry two husbands simultaneously. 
A) They had legal independence inside their marriages. 
B) They had legal control over all children still at home. 
C) They were legally controlled by their husbands. 
D) They remained legally the property of their fathers. 
E) If rich enough, they could marry two husbands simultaneously.

Question 6

The main achievement of the Hortensian law in Roman constitutional history was its

Accepted Answer

A) removal of patricians from civic government. 
B) establishment of the death penalty for treason against the state. 
C) ruling that all plebiscita passed by the plebeian assembly had the force of law and were binding even upon the patricians. 
D) banishment of all Greek law from the Roman legal system. 
E) giving citizenship to non-Romans. 
A) removal of patricians from civic government. 
B) establishment of the death penalty for treason against the state. 
C) ruling that all plebiscita passed by the plebeian assembly had the force of law and were binding even upon the patricians. 
D) banishment of all Greek law from the Roman legal system. 
E) giving citizenship to non-Romans.

Question 7

In the "struggle of the orders," what did the plebeians want, and what did they succeed in getting? Can it be said that Rome became a democracy because of this struggle? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

In the "struggle of the orders," the ple

Question 8

Julius Caesar

Accepted Answer

A) defeated Crassus at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 B.C.E. 
B) dissolved the Senate while he was dictator for life. 
C) was assassinated for his strong beliefs in republican institutions. 
D) married Cleopatra. 
E) led military commands in Spain and especially Gaul that enhanced his popularity. 
A) defeated Crassus at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 B.C.E. 
B) dissolved the Senate while he was dictator for life. 
C) was assassinated for his strong beliefs in republican institutions. 
D) married Cleopatra. 
E) led military commands in Spain and especially Gaul that enhanced his popularity.

Question 9

The First Triumvirate was a political alliance between Crassus, Julius Caesar, and

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A) Pompey. 
B) Cicero. 
C) Lepidus. 
D) Marc Antony. 
E) Octavian. 
A) Pompey. 
B) Cicero. 
C) Lepidus. 
D) Marc Antony. 
E) Octavian.

Question 10

The Greek historian Polybius described the Roman government in this fashion: "As for the Roman constitution, it had three elements, each of them possessing sovereign powers; and their respective share of power in the whole state had been regulated with such a scrupulous regard to equality and equilibrium, that no one could say for certain, not even a native, whether the constitution were an aristocracy or democracy or despotism." Is Polybius's description of the early Roman constitution an accurate one? Why or why not? Be specific.

Accepted Answer

Polybius's description of the early Roma

Question 11

The result of the Third Punic War was

Accepted Answer

A) an alliance between Rome and Carthage. 
B) the complete destruction and subjugation of Carthage. 
C) the loss of Rome's mastery of the Mediterranean Sea. 
D) the sacking of Rome. 
E) the coming to power of Julius Caesar. 
A) an alliance between Rome and Carthage. 
B) the complete destruction and subjugation of Carthage. 
C) the loss of Rome's mastery of the Mediterranean Sea. 
D) the sacking of Rome. 
E) the coming to power of Julius Caesar.

Question 12

Romans did not readily accept any Greek philosophy except that of

Accepted Answer

A) Stoicism, because of its emphasis on virtue and duty. 
B) Neo-Platonism, because of its concern for ideal beauty. 
C) Epicureanism, because of its emphasis on the good life. 
D) Hedonism, because of its advocacy of intense emotional experiences. 
E) Aristotelianism because of its logical preciseness and practicality. 
A) Stoicism, because of its emphasis on virtue and duty. 
B) Neo-Platonism, because of its concern for ideal beauty. 
C) Epicureanism, because of its emphasis on the good life. 
D) Hedonism, because of its advocacy of intense emotional experiences. 
E) Aristotelianism because of its logical preciseness and practicality.

Question 13

In Roman household cults, Janus was

Accepted Answer

A) the spirit of the doorway. 
B) the goddess of the harvest. 
C) the spirit of the storehouse. 
D) the spirit of mischief. 
E) the goddess of childbirth. 
A) the spirit of the doorway. 
B) the goddess of the harvest. 
C) the spirit of the storehouse. 
D) the spirit of mischief. 
E) the goddess of childbirth.

Question 14

The Struggle of the Orders

Accepted Answer

A) was a violent conflict between Rome's citizens and their slaves. 
B) was a violent struggle between the patricians and plebeians. 
C) was a peaceful struggle between the patricians and plebeians, won completely by the patricians. 
D) was a peaceful revolution in which the plebeians were completely victorious. 
E) was a peaceful struggle which resulted in political compromise. 
A) was a violent conflict between Rome's citizens and their slaves. 
B) was a violent struggle between the patricians and plebeians. 
C) was a peaceful struggle between the patricians and plebeians, won completely by the patricians. 
D) was a peaceful revolution in which the plebeians were completely victorious. 
E) was a peaceful struggle which resulted in political compromise.

Question 15

Tiberius Gracchus ran for tribune in 133 B.C.E.on a program of

Accepted Answer

A) punishing corrupt Roman officials in the provinces. 
B) cracking down on drugs and prostitution in Rome. 
C) freeing the slaves. 
D) war against Ptolemaic Egypt. 
E) providing farms to landless farmers. 
A) punishing corrupt Roman officials in the provinces. 
B) cracking down on drugs and prostitution in Rome. 
C) freeing the slaves. 
D) war against Ptolemaic Egypt. 
E) providing farms to landless farmers.

Question 16

The most significant non-Latin influence upon early Rome came from the Etruscans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

After imposed retirement from Roman politics, Cicero took up writing

Accepted Answer

A) comic plays. 
B) tragic theater pieces. 
C) new poems. 
D) philosophical treatises. 
E) histories of early Rome. 
A) comic plays. 
B) tragic theater pieces. 
C) new poems. 
D) philosophical treatises. 
E) histories of early Rome.

Question 18

An early event in the Struggle of the Orders occurred in 445 B.C.E., when the Canuleian law allowed patricians and plebeians to intermarry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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 20

Discuss the role of the Senate, powerful generals, and politicians in the collapse of the Roman Republic.

Accepted Answer

The collapse of the Roman Republic was a

Exam 5: The Roman Republic

Which of the following statements about Roman names is INCORRECT?

In defeating the Greek city-states in southern Italy, Rome

Optimates in the late Roman Republic wanted to maintain the privileges of the

Cicero

Which of the following statements about marriage best captures the realities for Roman women by the first century B.C.E.?

The main achievement of the Hortensian law in Roman constitutional history was its

In the "struggle of the orders," what did the plebeians want, and what did they succeed in getting? Can it be said that Rome became a democracy because of this struggle? Why or why not?

Julius Caesar

The First Triumvirate was a political alliance between Crassus, Julius Caesar, and

The result of the Third Punic War was

Romans did not readily accept any Greek philosophy except that of

In Roman household cults, Janus was

The Struggle of the Orders

Tiberius Gracchus ran for tribune in 133 B.C.E.on a program of

The most significant non-Latin influence upon early Rome came from the Etruscans.

After imposed retirement from Roman politics, Cicero took up writing

An early event in the Struggle of the Orders occurred in 445 B.C.E., when the Canuleian law allowed patricians and plebeians to intermarry.

Which of the following statements best applies to Roman education?

Discuss the role of the Senate, powerful generals, and politicians in the collapse of the Roman Republic.

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