Question 1

He wrote Roman satire.

Accepted Answer

Juvenal

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Horace

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Propertius

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Livy

Question 2

Which 2 authors wrote about Cataline's consipiracy?

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Cicero and Sallust

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Livy and Sallust

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Terence and Plautus

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Tacitus and Caesar

Question 3

The mountains that separate France from Italy are ________.

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the Alps

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Pyreenes

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Caucasus

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Apennines

Question 4

The morning greeting of clientes to a patronus was known as the ________.

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salutatio

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damnatio memoriae

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novus homo

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manumissio

Question 5

Magistracies (offices) were held in a particular order known as the ________.

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cursus honorum

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duodecim tabulae

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tabula rasa

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tablina prima

Question 6

In which room would a slave prepare food?

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culina

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triclinium

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atrium

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tablinum

Question 7

How many diners would you find reclining on couches in the triclinium?

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9

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12

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6

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3

Question 8

The grooves running down columns are known as _______________.

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fluting

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entablature

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capital

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frieze

Question 9

At what battle was Pompey defeated by Caesar?

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Pharsalus

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Actium

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Cannae

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Zama

Question 10

De Senectute is an essay by Cicero on _________.

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old age

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warfare

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friendship

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farming

Question 11

The exordium of a speech is the _____________.

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beginning

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end

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post script

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middle

Question 12

Firefighters and police in Rome were known as the __________.

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vigiles

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centuriones

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decuriones

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censores

Question 13

For whom did Hercules complete 12 labors?

Accepted Answer

King Eurystheus

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King Priam

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King Creon

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King Aegeas

Question 14

The December festival upon which Christmas was modeled was the ________.

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Saturnalia

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Lupercalia

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Liberalia

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Suotauralia

Question 15

Cicero wrote many letters to his friend __________.

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Atticus

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Decimus

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Lucius

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Publius

Question 16

Chariot races begin with the dropping of the ___________.

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mappa

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delphinum

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pilum

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baculum

Question 17

On which island did the Minotaur live in his labyrinth?

Accepted Answer

Crete

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Sicily

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Sardinia

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Rhodes

Question 18

On which of Rome's 7 hills did the wealth live?

Accepted Answer

Palatine

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Esquiline

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Capitoline

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Viminal

Question 19

On which street were triumphal processions held?

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Via Sacra

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Via Aemeliana

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Via Appia

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Via Aurelia

Question 20

The people of Carthage were known as the ____________.

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Phoenecians

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Aquitanians

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Samnites

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Sarmatians

Question 21

The people of Etruria are known as __________.

Accepted Answer

Etruscans

Question 22

The poetic device in which an initial sound is repeated is known as ________.

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 23

Of which river was Charon the  boatman?

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Styx

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Rhodana

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Phegethon

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Lethe

Question 24

On which day of the calendar did the NONES fall?

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5th or 7th day

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21st or 23rd day

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13th or 15th day

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1st or 3rd day

Question 25

The poetic device in which words are repeated for effect is ________.

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anaphora

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assonance

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simile

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onamatopoeia

Question 26

The scorpio, ballista, and catapulta are all types of _________.

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war machines

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offices

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games

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soldiers

Question 27

The Roman hero who held off the Etruscans at the Sublician Bridge was _______.

Accepted Answer

Horatius Cocles

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Tiberius Gracchus

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Mucius Scaevola

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Scipio Africanus

Question 28

The simplest, unadorned column is know as the ________.

Accepted Answer

Doric

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Ionic

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Corinthian

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Tuscan

Question 29

Spartacus was a Thracian who organized an army of ________.

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slaves

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plebians

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barbarians

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Spartans

Question 30

The thermopolium, taberna, popina are places you would go in order to __________.

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eat and drink

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exercise

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vote

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pray

Question 31

What body of water lies between Greece and Italy?

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Adriatic Sea

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Aegean Sea

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Black Sea

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Tyrhennian Sea

Question 32

What can you expect to see along the Appian Way?

Accepted Answer

tombs

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temples

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statues

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villas

Question 33

Listing the names in the Forum of those slated for assassination is the act of ___________.

Accepted Answer

proscription

Question 34

A military punishment for defection whereby one in ten soldiers are killed is called _________.

Accepted Answer

decimation

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proscription

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repudiation

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manumission

Question 35

What is the Latin term for breakfast?

Accepted Answer

ientaculum

Question 36

What is the Latin term for camp?

Accepted Answer

castra

Question 37

What is the Latin term for lunch?

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prandium

Question 38

What is the Latin term for "island" or "apartment building"?

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insula

Question 39

What important power does the Tribune of the Plebs have?

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veto

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election

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execution

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voting

Question 40

What is a quaestor?

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treasurer

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priest

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military officer

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author

Question 41

What important province did Rome gain after the 2nd Punic War?

Accepted Answer

Hispania

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Sardinia

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Carthage

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Sicily

Question 42

What monster did Perseus kill with his reflective shield?

Accepted Answer

Medusa

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Charbydis

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Chimaera

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Hydra

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