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LIFE IN THE REPBULIC

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Answer the following question:

What was the Roman name of the goddess of hunting and the moon?

a)

Riana

b)

Biana

c)

Diana

d)

Ciana

2.

Answer the following question:

Who was the Greek god equivalent to Mars, the Roman god of war?

a)

Zeus

b)

Hera

c)

Ares

d)

Apollo

3.

Answer the following question:

The main room in a Roman house was called?

a)

Barium

b)

Stream

c)

Atrium

d)

Dtrium

4.

Answer the following question:

Who was the Roman goddess of the hearth and home?

a)

Hermes

b)

Hestia

c)

Vesta

d)

Hephaestus

5.

Answer the following question:

Which household gods did the Romans pray to in their home altars?

a)

Athena

b)

Hera

c)

Lares and Penates

d)

Artemis

6.

Answer the following question:

The head of a Roman family is referred to as?

a)

primogenitor

b)

materfamilias

c)

Paterfamilias

d)

patriarch

7.

Answer the following question:

Who was the Roman admiral involved in the Battle of Drepana?

a)

Marcus Egnatius Postumus

b)

Publius Attius Varus

c)

Publius Claudius Pulcher

d)

Marcus Perperna Veiento

8.

Answer the following question:

What was the bad omen that the Romans observed during the Battle of Drepana?

a)

The sacred horses did not eat their food.

b)

The sacred sheep did not eat their food.

c)

The sacred chickens did not eat their food.

d)

The sacred elephant did not eat their food.

9.

Answer the following question:

Who was the Roman god of fire and metalwork?

a)

Hera

b)

Zeus.

c)

Vulcan

d)

Apollo

10.

Answer the following question:

Did the Romans display the images of their ancestors on their walls?

a)

Twice a month

b)

No, they did not.

c)

Yes, they did.

d)

Thrice a month.

11.

Fill in the blanks:

The Romans had a supreme god called _________ .

a)

Mars

b)

Pluto

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mercury

12.

Fill in the blanks:

One way of finding out what the gods were planning was to use _______.

a)

ignorance

b)

hindsight

c)

Augury

d)

postmortem

13.

Fill in the blanks:

During the Battle of Drepana, the Carthaginians sank __ Roman ships.

a)

91

b)

92

c)

93

d)

94

14.

Fill in the blanks:

Mercury as the ________ of the gods.

a)

servant

b)

slaves

c)

Messenger

d)

bodyguard

15.

Fill in the blanks:

Early Romans worshipped the same gods as their neighbouring ____ tribes.

a)

french

b)

german

c)

Italian

d)

russian

16.

Fill in the blanks:

The Greeks had _____ of their gods in human form.

a)

painting

b)

picture

c)

Statues

d)

plant

17.

Fill in the blanks:

_______ is a festival celebrated in honour of the god Saturn.

a)

Februarius

b)

‎Martius

c)

Saturnalia

d)

Sextilis

18.

Fill in the blanks:

Romans liked to trace their _______ back for centuries.

a)

ancestors

b)

relatives

c)

Famly

d)

successor

19.

Fill in the blanks:

Due to their similarity, Aphrodite and ____ were thought to be the same.

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Venus

d)

Pluto

20.

Fill in the blanks:

Augury is the prediction of the future by _____.

a)

thinking

b)

signal

c)

Signs

d)

fire

21.

True or False

Romans believed that they were surrounded by spirits, called numina.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True or False

The festival of Lupercalia was celebrated in the month of February to honour the god, Jupiter.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True or False

Ancestor worship was an important part of Roman religion.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

True or False

Many Romans had an altar devoted to the household gods in their homes.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

True or False

Hades is the Greek god of the underworld.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

True or False

Janus, the god of represented with two heads.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

True or False

Ceres was the god of wine.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

True or False

The Battle of Drepana occurred in 249 BC.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

True or False

Romans believed that making sacrifices to the numina would help them.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

True or False

During festival time, slaves were not allowed to gamble.

a)

True

b)

False