Stage 4 Culture Quiz

The forum was an open, paved area surrounded by a colonnade on three sides.

• True

• False, it was not a paved area

• False, the forum was not open, but a covered building

• False, there are no colonnades in the forum

The forum was: (check each which apply)

• A business center

• The center of local government

• An entertainment district with several theaters.

• The location of several major temples

The colonnade did which of the following? (check each that are correct)

• Provided a place for trades to do business

• Give structural support to the temple of Juppiter

• Provide a place for people to walk out of the sun or rain.

• Provide a place for soldiers to practice fighting.

Eumachia was:

• A wealthy priestess, who dedicated the temple of Isis

• An influential businessman, who set up a market for bakers.

• An influential woman, who established a building in the forum.

• A poor woman who worked as a cook

All wheeled traffic was allowed in the forum.

• True

• False: Only supply carts were allowed into the forum

• False: The forum was used for chariot races every week.

• False: the forum was for pedestrians only.

A Pompeian citizen would read important notices in the newspaper.

• True

• False: Pompeians posted important notices in the forum on bulletin boards.

• False: Only advertisements were in the Pompeian newspaper

• False: All important notices were written on the walls of houses and shops.

The temple of Jupiter: (check all that are correct)

• was placed in a prominent position

• was inside the temple of Apollo

• was not in the forum

• was where political speeches were made during election times (probably)

The Lares were:

• The name of the senior officials in Pompeii

• The name of the greatest of the Roman gods

• The guardian spirits of Pompeii or of an individual home.

• The name of prominent businessman.

Apollo was the god of:

• Love and beauty

• messengers and thieves

• Wisdom and warcraft

• law, medicine and music

All religious temples and shrines were located in the forum.

• True

• False: no temples were located in the forum

• False: only the private larariums were located outside of the forum, the other temples were in the forum

• False: come of the temples were in forum, but many were located elsewhere in the city.