Founding Rome: Part 3

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What is the name and author of that famous epic poem that starts with the fall of Troy?

• the Odyssey by Homer

• the lliad by Homer

• the Aenid by Vergil

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Who caused the city to burn?

• the Greeks

• the Trojans

• the Phoenicians

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Does Aeneas say he is courageous or frightened as he leaves Troy?

• courageous

• frightened

• doesn't know

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What are the household gods that Aeneas declines to touch because of all the killing he's done?

• his child

• household idols

• jewels

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What mythical Greek hero was famous for wearing a lion's skin?

• Apollo

• Athena

• Heracles

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What does Aeneas put on his shoulders before loading his father?

• an elephant's skin

• an alligator's skin

• a lion's skin

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What city is burning?

• Troy

• Ithaca

• Mycenae

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What is the approximate date of the war which the Trojan War resembles?

•  c. 1650 B.C.

•  c. 1250 B.C.

•  c. 1050 B.C.

•  c. 1450 B.C.

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Who wrote the epic poem the lliad?

• Homer

• Socrates

• Theocritis

• Virgil

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What story does the Iliad tell?

• the battle of the Nile

• the Battle of Kadesh

• the Minoan War

• the Trojan War

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How did the Greeks get inside Troy?

• They climbed the walls with ropes

• They tunneled under the walls

• They disguised themselves as friends

• They hid inside a huge wooden horse.

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How was the city of Troy destroyed?

• The Greeks burst out of the tunnel and killed all the Trojans

• An earthquake collapsed the walls and Greeks poured in.

• The soldiers in the wooden horse sneaked out and opened the city gates.

• The disguised Greeks set the city on fire.

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In what city are the ruins of this ancient palace located?

• Tyre, Phoenicia

• Mycenae, Pelopponesus

• Knossos, Crete

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What Greek famously traveled a path very much like Aeneas's?

• Poseidon in Homer's Iliad

• Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey

• King Menelaus in Homer's Iliad

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• Minoan Culture

• Mycenaen Culture

• The Trojan War

• Phoenician Civilization

• Israel Divides into Two Kingdoms

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• Homer and Greek Mythology

• The Olympics

• Founding of Rome

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Who was the famous Phoenician queen in north Africa who detained Aeneas on his trip to found Rome?

• Queen Dido of Carthage

• Queen Nefertiti of Amarna

• Queen Hatshepsut of Thebes

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The prophecy speaks about the seven hills of what city?

Troy

Rome

Athens

• Troy

• Rome

• Athens

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What does the prophecy say Rome will produce plenty of?

• cattle

• heroes

• butter

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Who was the father of Romulus?

• Zeus

• Mars

• Poseidon

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How far does the prophecy say Rome's rule would extend?

• to all of Italy

• to the end of the earth

• to Carthage and Greece

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Republic Era

Empire Era

Christian Empire Era

Organize the Eras from First to Last

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Who was the largest group of people living in Italy when Rome was begun?

• the Gauls

• the Phoenicians

• the Egyptians

• the Latins

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Who actually founded Rome?

• the Phoenicians

• the Maltese

• the Etruscans

• the Mycenaens

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What is the legend about the founding of Rome?

• Rome was founded by the Greeks

• Rome was founded by twin sisters, Roma and Rema

• Rome was founded by an Egyptian married couple

• Rome was founded by twin brothers, Romulus and Remus

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What was the spoken language of the largest group in Italy when Rome was begun?

• Latin

• Greek

• Egyptian

• Etruscan

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Who were the first citizens of Rome?

• the Latins and Phoenicians

• the Etruscans and Latins

• the Minoans and Mycenaens

• the Etruscans and Greeks

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What is the approximate date of the founding of Rome?

• c. 776 B.C.

• c. 900 B.C.

• c. 722 B.C.

• c. 753 B.C.