Question 1

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 2

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 3

Sulla's legacy and importance was that he

Accepted Answer

A)  became the first non-Roman consul. 
B)  became the first Roman general to use siege engines. 
C)  prevented civil war by arbitrating disputes between Marius and Gaius. 
D)  divided up the latifundia and restored the dispossessed farmers to their lands. 
E)  employed his personal army in political disputes, paving the way toward Roman civil war. 
A)  became the first non-Roman consul. 
B)  became the first Roman general to use siege engines. 
C)  prevented civil war by arbitrating disputes between Marius and Gaius. 
D)  divided up the latifundia and restored the dispossessed farmers to their lands. 
E)  employed his personal army in political disputes, paving the way toward Roman civil war.

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Roman citizenship

Accepted Answer

Roman citizenship was a highly coveted s

Question 5

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 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Roman confederation

Accepted Answer

The Roman confederation was a system of

Question 7

During the Third Punic War against Carthage, in the east in 148 B.C.E. the Romans made Egypt a Roman province.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Second Triumvirate

Accepted Answer

The Second Triumvirate was a political a

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Scipio Africanus and the Battle of Zama

Accepted Answer

Scipio Africanus was a Roman general who

Question 11

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 12

The paterfamilias in Roman society was

Accepted Answer

A)  a client to a patron or wealthy citizen. 
B)  the male head of the household. 
C)  an upper-class aristocrat. 
D)  a common person. 
E)  the male head of the family. 
A)  a client to a patron or wealthy citizen. 
B)  the male head of the household. 
C)  an upper-class aristocrat. 
D)  a common person. 
E)  the male head of the family.

Question 13

After the Latin revolt (440-338 B.C.E.) Rome

Accepted Answer

A)  sacked, plundered, and destroyed the Latin cities. 
B)  gave the Latin cities complete independence. 
C)  isolated itself from other societies on the peninsula. 
D)  enrolled the Latin cities as military allies. 
E)  asked the Latin cities to be more understanding. 
A)  sacked, plundered, and destroyed the Latin cities. 
B)  gave the Latin cities complete independence. 
C)  isolated itself from other societies on the peninsula. 
D)  enrolled the Latin cities as military allies. 
E)  asked the Latin cities to be more understanding.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

Cicero

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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 the above 
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 the above

Question 16

By crossing the Rubicon, Caesar showed that he

Accepted Answer

A)  was willing to disobey the direct orders of the Senate. 
B)  was willing to compromise with Pompey. 
C)  had no will to fight his enemies in Rome. 
D)  wished to retire peacefully to his rural estates. 
E)  was a loyal Roman citizen, willing to return peacefully to Rome. 
A)  was willing to disobey the direct orders of the Senate. 
B)  was willing to compromise with Pompey. 
C)  had no will to fight his enemies in Rome. 
D)  wished to retire peacefully to his rural estates. 
E)  was a loyal Roman citizen, willing to return peacefully to Rome.

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Cicero

Accepted Answer

Cicero, also known as Marcus Tullius Cic

Question 18

Which of the following statements about marriage best captures the realities for Roman women by the 1?? 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 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-colleges of pontiffs and augurs

Accepted Answer

The colleges of pontiffs and augurs were

Question 20

Why did the Roman Republic fail?

Accepted Answer

The Roman Republic failed for a variety

Exam 5: the Roman Republic

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

After imposed retirement from Roman politics, Cicero took up writing

Sulla's legacy and importance was that he

IDENTIFICATIONS -Roman citizenship

Imperium was

IDENTIFICATIONS -Roman confederation

During the Third Punic War against Carthage, in the east in 148 B.C.E. the Romans made Egypt a Roman province.

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Second Triumvirate

IDENTIFICATIONS -Scipio Africanus and the Battle of Zama

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.

The paterfamilias in Roman society was

After the Latin revolt (440-338 B.C.E.) Rome

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

Cicero

By crossing the Rubicon, Caesar showed that he

IDENTIFICATIONS -Cicero

Which of the following statements about marriage best captures the realities for Roman women by the 1?? century B.C.E.?

IDENTIFICATIONS -colleges of pontiffs and augurs

Why did the Roman Republic fail?

the Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

the Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

the Civilization of the Greeks

the Hellenistic World

the Roman Empire

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

after the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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