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Roman Kings and Early Heroes

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A wolf, a shepherd, a river, and a priestess are all featured in a story about

a)

Castor and Pollux

b)

Numa Pompilius

c)

Romulus and Remus

d)

Servius Tullius

2.

What town, located at the mouth of the Tiber and founded by Ancus Marcius, was the port of Rome?

a)

Lavinium

b)

Brundisium

c)

Ostia

d)

Alba Longa

3.

What famous Roman hero held off the Etruscan army and Lars Porsenna while his fellow soldiers tore down the only bridge leading to Rome?

a)

Horatius Cocles

b)

Mucius Scaevola

c)

Manlius

d)

Cincinnatus

4.

Which of the following events happened last?

a)

the end of the Trojan War

b)

the reign of Augustus, the first emperor

c)

the growth of the Senate during the Roman Republic

d)

the expulsion of the kings from Rome

5.

What child, whose name may derive from the Latin word for slave, seemed destined to be king when a flame danced above his head?

a)

Romulus

b)

Numa Pompilius

c)

Servius Tullius

d)

Tarquinius Superbus

6.

According to Roman history, Romulus, Numa, Tullus Hostilius, and Tarquinius Priscus were

a)

consuls

b)

emperors

c)

generals

d)

kings

7.

Which of these events happened last?

a)

Romulus killed his brother Remus

b)

Aeneas led his people out of Troy

c)

Augustus was made emperor

d)

Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon

8.

Quis erat deus bellī et pater Rōmulī Remīque?

a)

Mars

b)

Iuppiter

c)

Neptūnus

d)

Vulcānus

9.

Who was the seventh and last king of Rome?

a)

Coriolanus

b)

Tarquinius

c)

Appius

d)

Romulus

10.

Rome's first government was

a)

republic

b)

monarchy

c)

democracy

d)

empire

11.

CORIOLANI MATER oravit, "Noli oppugnare Romam."

a)

the mother Coriolanus

b)

of Coriolanus' mother

c)

the mother of Coriolanus

d)

by the mother of Coriolanus

12.

Which legendary Roman hero thrust his right hand into a flame to prove his bravery to an Etruscan king?

a)

Coriolanus

b)

Mucius Scaevola

c)

Cincinnatus

d)

Tarquinius

13.

The Trojan leader who was reputed to be the ancestor of the Romans was:

a)

Cincinnatus

b)

Aeneas

c)

Caesar

d)

Augustus

14.

Which one of the following was a famous Roman patriot who "left his plow" to save Rome?

a)

Romulus

b)

Horatius

c)

Tarquinius

d)

Cincinnatus

15.

The Roman who became dictator in an emergency and then returned to his farm was:

a)

Gauis Gracchus

b)

Romulus

c)

Cincinnatus

d)

Horatius

16.

Cincinnatus, Sulla, and Caesar all held the title:

a)

censor

b)

pharaoh

c)

emperor

d)

dictator

17.

The river important to the stories of Romulus and Remus, Horatius Cocles, and Cloelia was the

a)

Po

b)

Tiber

c)

Rubicon

d)

Rhine

18.

In which chronological order did the three periods of Roman government, from the founding to the fall of Rome, occur?

a)

monarchy, empire, republic

b)

republic, monarchy, empire

c)

monarchy, republic, empire

d)

empire, republic, monarchy