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Ancient Rome

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Under which Roman emperor did the Roman Empire reach its peak?

a)

Augustus

b)

Trajan

c)

Constantine

d)

Nero

2.

When the Roman Empire was split into two separate empires, what city was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?

a)

Rome

b)

Alexandria

c)

Constantinople

d)

Thebes

3.

What caused Rome to decline and eventually fall?

a)

The empire became too large to govern

b)

Corrupt politicians and civil wars within the empire

c)

Barbarian tribes such as the Franks and Vandals began to attack many Roman cities including Rome itself

d)

All of them

4.

What period of history began after the fall of Rome?

a)

The Dark Ages

b)

The Renaissance

c)

The Scientific Revolution

d)

The Industrial Revolution

5.

True or False: The Fall of Rome happened very quickly in a matter of a few years.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

After discovering Cassius’s body, Brutus decides to

a)

Surrender

b)

Commit suicide

7.

What was Brutus’s reason for joining the conspiracy?

a)

He was sleeping with Calpurnia, Caesar's wife

b)

Caesar's ambition

8.

Who did Antony call “the noblest Roman of them all”?

a)

Octavius

b)

Brutus

9.

Which of the following DID NOT try to warn Caesar?

a)

The soothsayer

b)

Portia

10.

Who said: “Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.

a)

Brutus

b)

Calpurnia

c)

Octavius

d)

Caesar

11.

What year did Caesar die?

a)

17 BC

b)

102 AD

c)

1995 AD

d)

44 BC

12.

Which one of these Famous Romans had a kid with Cleopatra?

a)

Pompey

b)

Crassus

c)

Caesar

d)

Sulla

13.

How did Caesar die?

a)

Peacefully in his sleep

b)

Poisoned

c)

Bitten by Snakes

d)

Stabbed a whole bunch

14.

Who was the ruler of Egypt when Julius Caesar first came?

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Cleopatra

c)

Marc Antony

d)

Julius Caesar

15.

Who was Caesar's adopted son, and the first emperor of Rome?

a)

Caesarion

b)

Octavian

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Marcus Brutus

16.
Who was Caesar's uncle that helped get him involved in politics/military?
a)
Pompey
b)
Mark Antony
c)
Gaius Marius
d)
Sulla
17.
Octavius was
a)
a conspirator
b)
Caesar's nephew
c)
Brutus's son
d)
a senator
18.
Caesar's two physical defects were 
a)
falling sickness, nausea 
b)
weak eyesight, obesity 
c)
crippled leg;deafness 
d)
deafness, falling sickness 
19.
Brutus decides to kill Caesar because
a)
Caesar is a tryant
b)
Caesar has learned of the plot
c)
Caesar might turn into a tyrant
d)
Caesar already ahs too much power.
20.
Caesar ignores all of the warnings because
a)
he does not trust the augerers
b)
he feels invincible
c)
he trusts Calpurnia
d)
he trusts Marc Antony