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WorksheetsLIFE IN THE REPBULIC
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Answer the following question:
What was the Roman name of the goddess of hunting and the moon?
Riana
Biana
Diana
Ciana
Answer the following question:
Who was the Greek god equivalent to Mars, the Roman god of war?
Zeus
Hera
Ares
Apollo
Answer the following question:
The main room in a Roman house was called?
Barium
Stream
Atrium
Dtrium
Answer the following question:
Who was the Roman goddess of the hearth and home?
Hermes
Hestia
Vesta
Hephaestus
Answer the following question:
Which household gods did the Romans pray to in their home altars?
Athena
Hera
Lares and Penates
Artemis
Answer the following question:
The head of a Roman family is referred to as?
primogenitor
materfamilias
Paterfamilias
patriarch
Answer the following question:
Who was the Roman admiral involved in the Battle of Drepana?
Marcus Egnatius Postumus
Publius Attius Varus
Publius Claudius Pulcher
Marcus Perperna Veiento
Answer the following question:
What was the bad omen that the Romans observed during the Battle of Drepana?
The sacred horses did not eat their food.
The sacred sheep did not eat their food.
The sacred chickens did not eat their food.
The sacred elephant did not eat their food.
Answer the following question:
Who was the Roman god of fire and metalwork?
Hera
Zeus.
Vulcan
Apollo
Answer the following question:
Did the Romans display the images of their ancestors on their walls?
Twice a month
No, they did not.
Yes, they did.
Thrice a month.
Fill in the blanks:
The Romans had a supreme god called _________ .
Mars
Pluto
Jupiter
Mercury
Fill in the blanks:
One way of finding out what the gods were planning was to use _______.
ignorance
hindsight
Augury
postmortem
Fill in the blanks:
During the Battle of Drepana, the Carthaginians sank __ Roman ships.
91
92
93
94
Fill in the blanks:
Mercury as the ________ of the gods.
servant
slaves
Messenger
bodyguard
Fill in the blanks:
Early Romans worshipped the same gods as their neighbouring ____ tribes.
french
german
Italian
russian
Fill in the blanks:
The Greeks had _____ of their gods in human form.
painting
picture
Statues
plant
Fill in the blanks:
_______ is a festival celebrated in honour of the god Saturn.
Februarius
Martius
Saturnalia
Sextilis
Fill in the blanks:
Romans liked to trace their _______ back for centuries.
ancestors
relatives
Famly
successor
Fill in the blanks:
Due to their similarity, Aphrodite and ____ were thought to be the same.
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Pluto
Fill in the blanks:
Augury is the prediction of the future by _____.
thinking
signal
Signs
fire
True or False
Romans believed that they were surrounded by spirits, called numina.
True
False
True or False
The festival of Lupercalia was celebrated in the month of February to honour the god, Jupiter.
True
False
True or False
Ancestor worship was an important part of Roman religion.
True
False
True or False
Many Romans had an altar devoted to the household gods in their homes.
True
False
True or False
Hades is the Greek god of the underworld.
True
False
True or False
Janus, the god of represented with two heads.
True
False
True or False
Ceres was the god of wine.
True
False
True or False
The Battle of Drepana occurred in 249 BC.
True
False
True or False
Romans believed that making sacrifices to the numina would help them.
True
False
True or False
During festival time, slaves were not allowed to gamble.
True
False
