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The Ancient Roman World, Chapter 10

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the grandson of Cato the Censor?

a)

Cato the New Censor

b)

Cato the Consul

c)

Cato the Younger

d)

Cato the Senator

e)

New Cato

2.

What name, or title, did Cato the Younger give to Marcus Tullius Cicero?

a)

"bearer of the chalice"

b)

"the unsinkable Cicero"

c)

"savior of the Republic"

d)

"father of his country"

e)

"sustainer of the nation"

3.

Cicero was often seized with grief over the death of whom?

a)

his son, Tullius

b)

his wife, Flavia

c)

his daughter, Tullia

d)

his friend, Atticus

e)

his mistress, Caledonia

4.

What did Cicero believe about Roman gentlemen owning farms?

a)

it was good for the economy

b)

gentlemen should never work with their hands

c)

farms should only be owned by the commoners

d)

farms should only be owned by the state

e)

the Senate should allocate farmland

5.

What did Cicero think of the working-class people of Rome?

a)

he thought they were overpaid

b)

he thought they didn't pay enough in taxes

c)

he valued their contributions to Roman society

d)

he looked down on them

e)

he thought they were price gouging

6.

In what town was Cicero born in 106 BC?

a)

Rome

b)

Alba Longa

c)

Lavinium

d)

Arpinum

e)

Actium

7.

Where did Cicero train as an orator?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Athens

c)

Syracuse

d)

Utica

e)

Alexandria

8.

Which civil office did Cicero desire to hold when he moved back to Rome?

a)

magistrate

b)

consul

c)

censor

d)

praetor

e)

tribune

9.

Why were there fierce battles raging in the streets of Rome during Cicero’s time?

a)

citizens were protesting the annexation of Britannia

b)

rival factions were battling for control of the Senate

c)

they were demanding equal rights for women

d)

a massive slave revolt was taking place

e)

so many people were homeless and jobless

10.

Which consul increased the size of the army by enlisting poor non-landowning men?

a)

Gnaeus Pompey

b)

Gaius Marius

c)

Marcus Licinius Crassus

d)

Lucius Cornelius Cinna

e)

Tiberius Gracchus

11.

From which Latin word do we get the word “Civil” in “Civil War?”

a)

circa - about

b)

vīs - power

c)

vel - even

d)

ius - right

e)

civis - citizen

12.

Which political party did Cicero oppose?

a)

Senatores

b)

optimates

c)

populares

d)

patricians

e)

plebeians

13.

Which popularis politician staged a rebellion but was caught and executed by Cicero?

a)

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer

b)

Lucius Catiline

c)

Marcus Marius Gratidianus

d)

Lucius Licinius Murena

e)

Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura

14.

With whom did Pompey ally himself when he abandoned Cicero?

a)

Publius Vergilius Maro

b)

Marcus Junius Brutus

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Caesar Octavian

e)

Cleopatra

15.

What type of council did Pompey form with Julius Caesar and Crassus?

a)

Assembly

b)

triumvirate

c)

decemvirs

d)

war council

e)

tribunal

16.

What did the Assembly do to Cicero?

a)

promoted him to the rank of general

b)

named him consul for life

c)

revoked his Roman citizenship

d)

executed him

e)

banished him from Rome

17.

How did Cicero feel about Mark Antony?

a)

he strongly supported Antony in the Senate

b)

he felt obligated to support Antony

c)

he was completely opposed to Antony

d)

he served as an adviser to Antony

e)

he opposed him reluctantly

18.

Whom did Mark Antony convince that Cicero was a threat?

a)

Caesar Octavian

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Gnaeus Pompey

d)

the Senate

e)

the triumvirate

19.

What happened to Cicero at the end of his life?

a)

Octavian fed Cicero to the lions in the Colosseum

b)

Cicero committed suicide in the Forum

c)

Antony had Cicero murdered at his villa

d)

Cicero fled to Egypt and died in Alexandria

e)

Cicero perished in a plague outbreak