Question 1

How did its geography contribute to the rise of Rome?

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Question 2

How did Augustus use propaganda to secure and promote his rule?

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Fresh from the defeat of Mark Antony,Oct...

Question 3

One consequence of Rome's conquests was the increased role in society played by:

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A)   patricians.
B)   women.
C)   slaves.
D)   soldiers.
E)   foreigners.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 4

The United States of America was founded by individuals who looked to Rome as a model for the new government they were creating.Does such a comparison hold up under scrutiny? Are there any other comparisons that might be made between Rome and the United States?

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The Roman Republic struck a balance betw...

Question 5

Pax Romana refers to the:

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A)   ironic "peace of the dead" secured by Roman massacres of Britons and Jews.
B)   long period in which there were no major wars within the Roman Empire.
C)   efficient Roman post office and package transport services.
D)   Romans' success in keeping order around the Persian Gulf.
E)   peace brought to the Roman Empire with the coming of Christianity.F) None of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 6

After a plebeian rebellion in the early fifth century B.C.E.:

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A)   social divisions between patricians and plebeians were abolished.
B)   the patricians accepted the elected tribunes and written laws.
C)   Livy wrote a history from the Plebs's point of view.
D)   the chief conspirators were arrested and exiled to Africa.
E)   the plebeians were expelled from Rome and the patricians assumed total control.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

Gladiatorial combat was always staged as a matched pair who fought to the death.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Prior to Julius Caesar's appointment as "Dictator for Life," only one other Roman had been appointed to that position without the traditional six-month term,and he was:

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A)   Cicero.
B)   Marius.
C)   Octavian.
D)   Pompey.
E)   Sulla.F) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

What were the effects of Marius's military reforms on Rome?

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Marius was instrumental in revealing the...

Question 10

How did the conquest of Greece impact Roman society?

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The conquest of Greece gave the Romans h...

Question 11

Among the titles Augustus had been awarded were all the following except:

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A)   pontifex maximus.
B)   Imperator.
C)   Augustus.
D)   pater patriae.
E)   dictator supremus.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

Cultural and intellectual developments in Rome reached their pinnacle during:

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A)   the Principate.
B)   the reign of the Five Good Emperors.
C)   the Late Republic.
D)   the Late Empire.
E)   the rise of Christianity.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

According to the patria potestas provision of the Twelve Tables,a Roman father:

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A)   was required to take care of his sons but not his daughters, as that was the duty of the mother.
B)   had absolute power over his family, up to and including the power of life and death.
C)   needed to take responsibility for not only his family but also his wife's family.
D)   was required to provide for the maintenance of children during his lifetime even if he had disowned them.
E)   could make no decisions regarding his family without first convening a family council to discuss the matter.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 14

The division between Roman patricians and plebeians was:

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A)   between older and younger elements of the population.
B)   between the wealthiest (2 percent)  and the rest (98 percent)  of the people.
C)   not a factor when soldiers were needed for the army.
D)   not part of Roman law, simply an accepted form of discrimination.
E)   a formal division of Roman culture but never recognized in everyday life.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

By the third century B.C.E.Roman aristocracy gradually shifted from being a position of wealth to one of birth.

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A) True 
 B)False

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