Question 1

Which Roman writer is most closely associated with the development of a new style of poetry at the end of the Roman Republic?

Accepted Answer

A) Sallust 
B) Cicero 
C) Catullus 
D) Plutarch 
E) Virgil 
A) Sallust 
B) Cicero 
C) Catullus 
D) Plutarch 
E) Virgil

Question 2

As Rome expanded, it became Roman policy to govern the provinces with officials known as

Accepted Answer

A) consuls. 
B) quaestors. 
C) colonnae. 
D) proconsuls and propraetors. 
E) tribunes. 
A) consuls. 
B) quaestors. 
C) colonnae. 
D) proconsuls and propraetors. 
E) tribunes.

Question 3

Compare and contrast the Roman family of the Republic with the Greek family of Periclean Athens.Can it be said that women had more rights and freedom in one of these societies than the other? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The Roman family of the Republic and the

Question 4

Which one of the following innovations enabled Romans to erect giant amphitheaters, public baths, and high-rise tenement buildings?

Accepted Answer

A) steel 
B) copper 
C) calculus 
D) concrete 
E) load-bearing arches 
A) steel 
B) copper 
C) calculus 
D) concrete 
E) load-bearing arches

Question 5

Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in 31 B.C.E.at the Battle of Actium, thus symbolically ending the Roman Republic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Imperium was

Accepted Answer

A) the duties which Roman citizens owed to the gods. 
B) the power to command Roman citizens. 
C) the right to collect taxes. 
D) the privileges reserved to patricians. 
E) the name of Roman children's favorite board game. 
A) the duties which Roman citizens owed to the gods. 
B) the power to command Roman citizens. 
C) the right to collect taxes. 
D) the privileges reserved to patricians. 
E) the name of Roman children's favorite board game.

Question 7

The Roman Senate

Accepted Answer

A) was the chief legislative body of the Republic. 
B) could only advise the magistrates in legal matters. 
C) was the most important popular assembly. 
D) saw its power wane by the third century B.C.E. 
E) was the only body with total military authority. 
A) was the chief legislative body of the Republic. 
B) could only advise the magistrates in legal matters. 
C) was the most important popular assembly. 
D) saw its power wane by the third century B.C.E. 
E) was the only body with total military authority.

Question 8

After Rome crushed the Latin states in the fourth century B.C.E., it waged a 50-year struggle against

Accepted Answer

A) the Gauls. 
B) the Aequi. 
C) the Sicilians. 
D) the Samnites. 
E) the Corsicans. 
A) the Gauls. 
B) the Aequi. 
C) the Sicilians. 
D) the Samnites. 
E) the Corsicans.

Question 9

The head of the Roman religious observances was

Accepted Answer

A) a caesar. 
B) the vestal virgins. 
C) the tribunate. 
D) a consul. 
E) the pontifex maximus. 
A) a caesar. 
B) the vestal virgins. 
C) the tribunate. 
D) a consul. 
E) the pontifex maximus.

Question 10

All of the following were results of the Roman civil wars of 43-30 B.C.E.EXCEPT the

Accepted Answer

A) Second Triumvirate's defeat of Pompey at the Battle of Actium. 
B) defeat of Caesar's assassins. 
C) demise of republican institutions. 
D) rule of Octavian. 
E) suicide of Antony and Cleopatra. 
A) Second Triumvirate's defeat of Pompey at the Battle of Actium. 
B) defeat of Caesar's assassins. 
C) demise of republican institutions. 
D) rule of Octavian. 
E) suicide of Antony and Cleopatra.

Question 11

Among the dangerous military innovations of Marius threatening the Republic was his

Accepted Answer

A) use of Greek mercenaries. 
B) recruitment of destitute volunteers who swore an oath of allegiance only to him. 
C) theft the state treasury's tax revenues to buy weapons. 
D) proclamation of himself as dictator for life. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) use of Greek mercenaries. 
B) recruitment of destitute volunteers who swore an oath of allegiance only to him. 
C) theft the state treasury's tax revenues to buy weapons. 
D) proclamation of himself as dictator for life. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 12

For the Romans, ius gentium was that part of the law that applied to both Romans and foreigners, or was the law of nations and not just for the Romans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Latin alphabet was derived from the Greek alphabet.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Livy's account of Cincinnatus

Accepted Answer

A) was used to teach the Roman people the treachery of tyrants. 
B) recounts the inseparable linkage of wealth and leadership abilities. 
C) provides an account of the founding of Rome. 
D) demonstrates how the virtues of duty and simplicity in Rome's leaders enabled Rome to survive in difficult times. 
E) justified the concept of divine right monarchy. 
A) was used to teach the Roman people the treachery of tyrants. 
B) recounts the inseparable linkage of wealth and leadership abilities. 
C) provides an account of the founding of Rome. 
D) demonstrates how the virtues of duty and simplicity in Rome's leaders enabled Rome to survive in difficult times. 
E) justified the concept of divine right monarchy.

Question 15

The immediate cause of the First Punic War was

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 16

Which elements of Roman society and political culture were most innovative, and which were the product of Rome's contact with outside peoples and cultures?

Accepted Answer

The elements of Roman society and politi

Question 17

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 18

The Carthaginians originated from

Accepted Answer

A) Phoenician Tyre. 
B) northern Italy. 
C) Macedonia. 
D) southern Gaul. 
E) "Nether" Spain. 
A) Phoenician Tyre. 
B) northern Italy. 
C) Macedonia. 
D) southern Gaul. 
E) "Nether" Spain.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Because the Romans frequently adopted the gods of the peoples they came into contact with, and since, by the Republic, Greece was a major influence upon Rome, it can be argued that the Romans and the Greeks had essentially the same "Greco-Roman" religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: The Roman Republic

Which Roman writer is most closely associated with the development of a new style of poetry at the end of the Roman Republic?

As Rome expanded, it became Roman policy to govern the provinces with officials known as

Compare and contrast the Roman family of the Republic with the Greek family of Periclean Athens.Can it be said that women had more rights and freedom in one of these societies than the other? Why or why not?

Which one of the following innovations enabled Romans to erect giant amphitheaters, public baths, and high-rise tenement buildings?

Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in 31 B.C.E.at the Battle of Actium, thus symbolically ending the Roman Republic.

Imperium was

The Roman Senate

After Rome crushed the Latin states in the fourth century B.C.E., it waged a 50-year struggle against

The head of the Roman religious observances was

All of the following were results of the Roman civil wars of 43-30 B.C.E.EXCEPT the

Among the dangerous military innovations of Marius threatening the Republic was his

For the Romans, ius gentium was that part of the law that applied to both Romans and foreigners, or was the law of nations and not just for the Romans.

The Latin alphabet was derived from the Greek alphabet.

Livy's account of Cincinnatus

The immediate cause of the First Punic War was

Which elements of Roman society and political culture were most innovative, and which were the product of Rome's contact with outside peoples and cultures?

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

The Carthaginians originated from

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

Because the Romans frequently adopted the gods of the peoples they came into contact with, and since, by the Republic, Greece was a major influence upon Rome, it can be argued that the Romans and the Greeks had essentially the same "Greco-Roman" religion.

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

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

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Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

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