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St. 1 Culture

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did Caecilius live?

a)

Rome

b)

Naples

c)

Pompeii

d)

Herculaneum

2.

How many people lived in Caecilius' hometown?

a)

3,000

b)

10,000

c)

150,000

3.

What did Caecilius do for a living?

a)

banker

b)

shoe maker

c)

jewelry maker

d)

teacher

4.

What was L. Caecilius' last (nick) name?

a)

Iucundus

b)

Kordas

c)

Felix

d)

Vesuvius

5.

Who had only 1 name?

a)

slaves

b)

women

c)

freedmen

d)

Freedwomen

6.

What right did Caecilius have as a Roman citizen?

a)

he could run businesses

b)

he could vote

c)

he could marry

d)

he could travel abroad

7.

When could Caecilius kill his slave?

a)

when he was mad

b)

when slave dropped the soup

c)

when slave did something very bad

d)

when slave ran away

8.

Who is Metella?

a)

the slave girl

b)

the sister of Quintus

c)

the mother, wife of Caecilius

d)

the wife of Quintus

9.

What kind of life did Metella live in Pompeii?

a)

very restricted. she could not go out of the house

b)

slightly restricted. she could not go with a make escort

c)

more free. she could only go a few places.

d)

very free. she could go anywhere she wanted.

10.

The Roman wife had all these powers except one..which one?

a)

she was husband's companion and helper.

b)

she could go to dinner parties alone

c)

she could go to shops, temples and attend public events

d)

she could become hairdresser, doctor and silversmith.

11.

Eumachia was...

a)

a slave girl noted for her dancing

b)

a Pompeian business worman

c)

a brick-layer

d)

a baker who could make excellent cakes

12.

Pompeian houses were...

a)

similiar to our houses

b)

came up to sidewalk, with a few windows

c)

had large sunny windows and 3 stories tall

d)

looked like the White House

13.

The compluvium and impluvium were used for.....

a)

collecting rain water

b)

bathing

c)

swimming

14.

The ________was the main room of the house, like our livingrooms.

a)

fauces

b)

culina

c)

ianua

d)

atrium

15.

A lararium was a...

a)

small shrine for household gods

b)

a bathroom near the kitchen

c)

a garden around the dining room

16.

The peristylium was...

a)

colonnade of pillars surrounding garden

b)

bathroom hear the dining room

c)

bedrooms for the kids

d)

apartment buildings

17.

The insulae were....

a)

apartment building for poor people

b)

the bathroom

c)

where the household gods were

d)

a dinning room

18.

The triclinium was the...

a)

dining room

b)

bedroom

c)

front door

d)

kitchen

19.

The tablinum was...

a)

the kitchen

b)

the dining room

c)

the table

d)

the study

20.

The latrina was....

a)

the kitchen

b)

the bedrooms

c)

the bathroom

d)

the main room