WorksheetsLectio 47 Circus and Arena
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Romans had regular sporting events & organized games on the weekends.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Romans had to pay to get into gladiatorial shows
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Before the Colosseum, amphitheaters were usually wooden structures
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What was panem et circenses?
a)
food supply
b)
household gods
c)
bread-dole and games
d)
2 different gladiator types
5.
The Romans name for the amazing stone amphitheater (built by Vespasian) was:
a)
Colosseum
b)
Circus Maximus
c)
Amphitheatrum
d)
Amphitheatrum Flavium
6.
The Colosseum floor was made out of:
a)
wood
b)
concrete
c)
ceramic tiles
d)
marble
7.
What was under the floor?
a)
basement with a totally cool movie room
b)
cages and passages
c)
plumbing for flooding the Colosseum
d)
slaves keeping the structure warm
8.
The Colosseum was built on the site of:
a)
an old wooden ampthitheater
b)
Nero's Golden House
c)
open land previously unused
d)
military exercise ground
9.
The people with the worst view of the action in the Colosseum were:
a)
poor citizens
b)
women
c)
slaves
d)
children
10.
Who wrote a series of satirical epigrams about the events that took place in the Colosseum?
a)
Seneca
b)
Horace
c)
Juvenal
d)
Martial
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