III.11.Coming of Age

What was a bulla?

• child's good luck charm
• slinger's stone
• domestic animal
• barbarian's shield

On what holiday, usually March 17, would a boy celebrate his coming-of-age?

• Portunalia
• Lemuria
• Fornacalia
• Liberalia

Which toga do young men take up as part of the coming of age ceremony?

• toga picta
• toga virilis
• toga candida
• toga praetexta

What is the term for a household shrine?

• lararium
• imagines
• atrium
• ala

What is the record house?

• basilica
• curia
• taberna
• tabularium

To whom did a young man dedicate his bulla?

• Jupiter
• his future spouse
• his parents
• household gods

Which toga is plain white?

• toga praetexta
• toga pulla
• toga pura
• toga picta

Which refers to a bright white toga (bleached with chalk) worn by candidates running for office?

• toga praetexta
• toga candida
• toga pura
• toga picta

Which god does Liberalia honor?

• Jupiter
• Apollo
• Mars
• Bacchus

At what age did Roman men celebrate their coming of age ceremony?

• 16
• 18
• 21
• 25