Question 1

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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Question 2

In 410 CE,Rome was sacked by the

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A)  Persians.
B)  Carthaginians.
C)  Visigoths.
D)  Etruscans.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

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.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

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.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Why did Rome have multiple forums?

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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.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 6

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

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Question 7

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.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 8

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.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

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.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 10

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.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

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.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

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.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 13

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.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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