Question 1

In exchange for protection and assistance,the plebian owed the patrician

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A) half of his income. 
B) 10 years of military service. 
C) 20 years of servitude. 
D) total obedience. 
A) half of his income. 
B) 10 years of military service. 
C) 20 years of servitude. 
D) total obedience.

Question 2

In 410 CE,Rome was sacked by the

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A) Persians. 
B) Carthaginians. 
C) Visigoths. 
D) Etruscans. 
A) Persians. 
B) Carthaginians. 
C) Visigoths. 
D) Etruscans.

Question 3

A theory about the Aeneid is that Virgil wrote it as an instruction manual for Augustus Caesar.If this idea is true,what do you think Virgil hoped the new emperor would learn from this work?

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If the theory about the Aeneid being an

Question 4

By the fifth century BCE,the Etruscans had become known throughout the Mediterranean for their

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A) skill as sculptors. 
B) superior olive oil. 
C) shipbuilding techniques. 
D) excellence in architecture. 
A) skill as sculptors. 
B) superior olive oil. 
C) shipbuilding techniques. 
D) excellence in architecture.

Question 5

After the Romans expelled the Etruscan monarchy in 510 BCE,they instituted a

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A) dictatorship. 
B) republic. 
C) monarchy. 
D) democracy. 
A) dictatorship. 
B) republic. 
C) monarchy. 
D) democracy.

Question 6

The Etruscan homeland,Etruria,was located in

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A) the northernmost portion of present-day Italy. 
B) the southern coastal portion of Italy. 
C) Sicily. 
D) the present-day Italian region of Tuscany. 
A) the northernmost portion of present-day Italy. 
B) the southern coastal portion of Italy. 
C) Sicily. 
D) the present-day Italian region of Tuscany.

Question 7

Augustus permanently banished the poet Ovid from Rome for

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A) stealing kisses from Augustus's daughter,Julia. 
B) writing Ars Amatoria,a guidebook for having affairs. 
C) living in open disregard of Augustus's family-centered policies. 
D) parodying Virgil's epic in his earliest work,the Amores. 
A) stealing kisses from Augustus's daughter,Julia. 
B) writing Ars Amatoria,a guidebook for having affairs. 
C) living in open disregard of Augustus's family-centered policies. 
D) parodying Virgil's epic in his earliest work,the Amores.

Question 8

Roman culture traces its origins to the

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A) Dorians and the Phoenicians. 
B) Greeks and the Etruscans. 
C) the Persians and the Etruscans. 
D) the Egyptians and the Greeks. 
A) Dorians and the Phoenicians. 
B) Greeks and the Etruscans. 
C) the Persians and the Etruscans. 
D) the Egyptians and the Greeks.

Question 9

According to the Etruscan founding myth,why was Rome named after Romulus,not his twin brother Remus?

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A) Remus died while in the she-wolf's care. 
B) Romulus gave the gods a greater offering. 
C) Remus abandoned the city. 
D) Romulus killed Remus and became Rome's first king. 
A) Remus died while in the she-wolf's care. 
B) Romulus gave the gods a greater offering. 
C) Remus abandoned the city. 
D) Romulus killed Remus and became Rome's first king.

Question 10

Why did Rome have multiple forums?

Accepted Answer

A) The overcrowded city needed places for the people to congregate. 
B) Emperors competed with their predecessors to build the grandest forums. 
C) Each major Roman god required a temple surrounded by a forum. 
D) Augustus decreed that each of Rome's seven hills be crowned with a forum. 
A) The overcrowded city needed places for the people to congregate. 
B) Emperors competed with their predecessors to build the grandest forums. 
C) Each major Roman god required a temple surrounded by a forum. 
D) Augustus decreed that each of Rome's seven hills be crowned with a forum.

Question 11

As early as the eighth century BCE,the Greeks colonized

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A) the area around the present-day city of Milan. 
B) the southern coastal regions of the Italian peninsula. 
C) the area immediately surrounding Rome. 
D) the present-day Italian region of Tuscany. 
A) the area around the present-day city of Milan. 
B) the southern coastal regions of the Italian peninsula. 
C) the area immediately surrounding Rome. 
D) the present-day Italian region of Tuscany.

Question 12

Consider the Roman concept of pietas as it can be applied to Roman literature and art.

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The Roman concept of pietas, which can b

Question 13

In the sculpture Augustus of Primaporta,Cupid rides a dolphin at Augustus's feet to

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A) establish Augustus as a kind and loving ruler. 
B) show Augustus's divine descent from Venus. 
C) emphasize Augustus's pietas to the gods. 
D) portray Augustus as young and vigorous. 
A) establish Augustus as a kind and loving ruler. 
B) show Augustus's divine descent from Venus. 
C) emphasize Augustus's pietas to the gods. 
D) portray Augustus as young and vigorous.

In exchange for protection and assistance,the plebian owed the patrician

In 410 CE,Rome was sacked by the

A theory about the Aeneid is that Virgil wrote it as an instruction manual for Augustus Caesar.If this idea is true,what do you think Virgil hoped the new emperor would learn from this work?

By the fifth century BCE,the Etruscans had become known throughout the Mediterranean for their

After the Romans expelled the Etruscan monarchy in 510 BCE,they instituted a

The Etruscan homeland,Etruria,was located in

Augustus permanently banished the poet Ovid from Rome for

Roman culture traces its origins to the

According to the Etruscan founding myth,why was Rome named after Romulus,not his twin brother Remus?

Why did Rome have multiple forums?

As early as the eighth century BCE,the Greeks colonized

Consider the Roman concept of pietas as it can be applied to Roman literature and art.

In the sculpture Augustus of Primaporta,Cupid rides a dolphin at Augustus's feet to

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Exam 6: Rome: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty

In exchange for protection and assistance,the plebian owed the patrician

In 410 CE,Rome was sacked by the

A theory about the Aeneid is that Virgil wrote it as an instruction manual for Augustus Caesar.If this idea is true,what do you think Virgil hoped the new emperor would learn from this work?

By the fifth century BCE,the Etruscans had become known throughout the Mediterranean for their

After the Romans expelled the Etruscan monarchy in 510 BCE,they instituted a

The Etruscan homeland,Etruria,was located in

Augustus permanently banished the poet Ovid from Rome for

Roman culture traces its origins to the

According to the Etruscan founding myth,why was Rome named after Romulus,not his twin brother Remus?

Why did Rome have multiple forums?

As early as the eighth century BCE,the Greeks colonized

Consider the Roman concept of pietas as it can be applied to Roman literature and art.

In the sculpture Augustus of Primaporta,Cupid rides a dolphin at Augustus's feet to

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Mesopotamia: Power and Social Order in the Early Middle East

The Stability of Ancient Egypt: Flood and Sun

The Aegean World and the Rise of Greece: Trade,War,and Victory

Golden Age Athens and the Hellenic World: The School of Hellas

Emerging Empires in the East: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty in China and India

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The Rise and Spread of Islam: a New Religion

Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade: The Early Medieval World in Europe

Centers of Culture: Court and City in the Larger World

The Gothic Style: Faith and Knowledge in an Age of Inquiry

Siena and Florence in the Fourteenth Century: Toward a New Humanism

Florence and the Early Renaissance: Humanism in Italy

The High Renaissance in Rome and Venice: Papal Patronage and Civic Pride

The Renaissance in the North: Between Wealth and Want

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