Worksheetschapters 36-38 culture review
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who needs to be careful on the Ides of March?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
everyone!
c)
people born in 100 b.c.e.
d)
Romulus
2.
When did the Romans get time off work and school?
a)
on the weekend!
b)
for religious holidays
c)
when they got really sick
d)
on the Kalends
3.
There were two ways to tell the year in Rome. One was to state the two consuls (in the year of Caesar and Bibulus), the other was was to count forward from....
a)
31 BC, death of Caesar
b)
753 BC, founding of city by Romulus and Remus
c)
751 BC, death of Remus, Romulus rules alone
d)
0 BC, birth of Jesus
4.
?
a)
11
b)
10
c)
9
d)
8
5.
Who was the Carthaginian queen with whom Aeneas had a love affair?
a)
Helen
b)
Dido
c)
Cassandra
d)
Andromache
6.
XV=
a)
10
b)
15
c)
20
d)
25
7.
What value does an X have?
a)
10
b)
it's a letter only
c)
2
d)
5
8.
Which of the following did they NOT have in ancient Rome?
a)
school met outside
b)
kids memorized whole books
c)
kids wrestled to see how was strongest
d)
kids were supervised in school by a pedagogus (tutor)
9.
What does this represent?
a)
XII
b)
2
c)
10
d)
12
10.
Quid est numerus XLIV?
a)
64
b)
66
c)
661
d)
44
11.
Choose:
a)
30
b)
15
c)
90
d)
80
12.
Choose:
a)
41
b)
40
c)
61
d)
69
13.
True or false: Roman teachers never beat their students
a)
true
b)
false
14.
Choose:
a)
23
b)
32
c)
37
d)
27
15.
Which hero of the Trojan War escaped to Italy after the destruction of Troy?
a)
Hector
b)
Agamemnon
c)
Menelaus
d)
Aeneas
16.
Choose:
a)
42
b)
62
c)
62
d)
58
17.
Who was the first king and founder of Rome?
a)
Romulus
b)
Remus
c)
Mars
d)
Augustus
18.
Choose:
a)
5
b)
10
c)
1
d)
50
19.
In what year was Rome founded?
a)
753 BC
b)
510 BC
c)
753 AD
d)
44 BC
20.
The Aeneid is based on what 2 works of Homer?
a)
Iliad and Odyssey
b)
Iliad and Troiad
c)
Odyssey and Troiad
d)
Iter Aeneadae
21.
What epic poem describes the hero's journey from Troy to Italy?
a)
The Iliad
b)
The Odyssey
c)
The Aeneid
d)
The Metamorphoses
22.
Who wrote The Aeneid?
a)
Homer
b)
Vergil
c)
Ovid
d)
Juvenal
23.
Who did NOT accompany Aeneas on his journey from Troy?
a)
His father Anchises
b)
His son Ascanius
c)
The household gods
d)
His wife Creusa
24.
Movie title?
a)
The second Jaws
b)
Three eyes
c)
Jaws the third
d)
Junior Jaws
25.
Where was the ancient city of Carthage located?
a)
Northern Africa
b)
Sicily
c)
Asia Minor
d)
The Iberian Peninsula
26.
XL =
a)
50
b)
40
c)
60
d)
70
27.
Julius Caesar changed the Roman calendar from a lunar year to a ..... year
a)
terrestrial
b)
cyclical
c)
star-based
d)
solar
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