Daily life in Ancient Rome

Daily life in Ancient Rome

Homework for 3/29/2021

Multiple Choice

What could a foreign visitor to Rome expect to see in the Forum?

• a track for chariot races

• a central gathering place

• a wealthy country house

• a site of fights with lions

Multiple Choice

What was a common way to become a Roman slave?

• having skill at a craft

• doing poorly in school

• being captured in a war

• losing a political election

Multiple Choice

Who made the decisions at Roman trials?

• a jury

• a senator

• the victim

• the emperor

Multiple Choice

Why did Rome have many different forms of worship?

• There was an altar in each home.

• The emperors claimed to be gods.

• Foreigners brought their religions.

• Festivals were popular with the poor.

Multiple Choice

Why would a Roman family throw a small cake into the fire?

• They considered burned cakes a treat.

• They did not have enough wood to use as fuel.

• They thought only large cakes were worth eating.

• They were making an offering to the goddess of the hearth.

Multiple Choice

When did a man become a paterfamilias?

• when he got married

• when his own father died

• when he became a grandfather

• when he gave his toys to the gods

Multiple Choice

The poor often ate food that was

• bought at "fast-food" shops.

• prepared for them by slaves.

• cooked in their kitchen at home.

• from a fancy, expensive market.

Multiple Choice

What was a typical home for a poor Roman city-dweller?

• a villa outside the city walls

• a house made of mud bricks

• a large room with thick walls

• an apartment in a tall building

Multiple Choice

Why was the home of a wealthy Roman unlikely to burn down?

• It had a chimney.

• It did not have kitchen.

• It had small rooms.

• It was built of stone.

Multiple Choice

Which of these teens might have been a student in ancient Rome?

• a slave girl training to be a midwife

• a rich boy studying leatherworking

• a 16-year-old girl going to school

• a poor boy studying science

Multiple Choice

Why did the Roman emperors give the poor “bread and circuses”?

• so the poor would not rebel

• so the poor could learn to read

• so the poor would not eat meat

• so the poor could make more money

Multiple Choice

Why was fighting a regular event in the Colosseum?

• to protect the city from raids

• to entertain the audience

• to express the anger of the poor

• to decide who should be emperor

Multiple Choice

Why did thousands of Romans go to the Circus Maximus?

• to eat a free meal

• to watch chariot races

• to enjoy the dancing bears

• to shop for everyday clothing

Multiple Choice

What did many wealthy Romans do when the city got hot in the summer?

• covered their skin with fresh mud

• slept in rooms below ground level

• moved to their estates in the country

• limited their diet to bread and milk