Roman Education

Answer the following question:

Who was responsible for teaching daughters household skills?

• Fathers

• Mothers

• Brothers

• Sisters

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What does ‘Mos Maiorum’ translate to?

• The custom of the Fathers

• The custom of the elders

• The custom of the Brothers

• The custom of the Sisters

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Roman schools were developed along which lines?

• Germany lines

• Greek lines

• France lines

• Italian lines

Answer the following question:

Roman children wrote on wax tablets called?

• Ipad

• Cerae or Tabulae

• Stone Pad

• cloth parchment

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What were Roman pens made out of?

• Pen

• Reed

• Pencil

• stylus

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In early Rome, children were educated by their parents at ____.

• School

• Home

• Hostel

• Hotel

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Boys were taught how to farm so that they could take over the running of their family's ____ when they grew up.

• hill

• Estate

• home

• school

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Roman pupils read from ____, long rolls of papyrus which had to be rewound for the next reader.

• trolls

• Scrolls

• paper

• newspaper

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From the age of 7, a boy would go to school with a slave called ______.

• Remus

• Paedagogus

• Romulus

• Baedagogus

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For counting, Roman pupils used an ____ or _____ .

• Calculator or Computer

• Abacus or Pebbles

• Tablet or Smartphone

• Wood or Stones