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Checkpoint B - Part V (2011-2015)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What disaster occurred in Rome in 64 AD during the reign of Nero?

a)

a great fire

b)

an earthquake

c)

a flood

d)

a volcanic eruption

2.

What is the name of this platform?

a)

Carcer

b)

Curia

c)

Basilica

d)

rostra

3.

The hot water bath in the thermae was called the

a)

frigidarium

b)

unctorium

c)

palaestra

d)

caldarium

4.

A Roman milestone bearing the inscription DCXLV marks a distance in miles of

a)

445

b)

565

c)

645

d)

765

5.

Where would Romans go to watch the chariot races?

a)

Cloaca Maxima

b)

Pantheon

c)

Theatre of Marcellus

d)

Circus Maximus

6.

Which god or goddess is NOT correctly paired with their Greek counterpart?

a)

Minerva-Aphrodite

b)

Diana-Artemis

c)

Mars-Ares

d)

Jupiter-Zeus

7.

In which work is this story told?

a)

Iliad

b)

Odyssey

c)

Ars Amatoria

d)

Argonautica

8.

According to tradition, how many consuls were elected every year during the Roman Republic?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

9.

Over what mountain range did Hannibal cross when he invaded Italy?

a)

the Alps

b)

the Himalayas

c)

the Adirondacks

d)

the Andes

10.

The hero of Vergil's epic who voyages to Italy after the Trojan War:

a)

Achilles

b)

Aeneas

c)

Hector

d)

Odysseus

11.

The handsome youth in mythology who falls in love with his reflection much to the dismay of Echo:

a)

Adonis

b)

Orpheus

c)

Narcissus

d)

Pygmalion

12.

What Mediterranean city once housed a famous library, and had a huge lighthouse?

a)

Constantinople

b)

Alexandria

c)

Pompeii

d)

Sparta

13.

The words stola and palla refer to Roman

a)

coins

b)

clothing

c)

books

d)

toys

14.

Who was the Titan who stole fire from the heavens?

a)

Theseus

b)

Prometheus

c)

Perseus

d)

Hercules

15.

What Golden Age poet was responsible for such works as the Metamorphoses, the Ars Amatoria, and the Amores?

a)

Suetonius

b)

Ovid

c)

Augustus

d)

Plautus

16.

In the Roman calendar, the first of the month was always known as the

a)

Kalendae

b)

Nōnae

c)

Īdūs

d)

prīmā lūce

17.

The terms retiarius and murmillo refer to types of

a)

clothing

b)

coins

c)

gladiators

d)

priests

18.

According to mythology, mulberries are now red because of the blood shed by the unfortunate lovers

a)

Pyramus and Thisbe

b)

Narcissus and Echo

c)

Deucalion and Pyrrha

d)

Baucis and Philemon

19.

Which month is named after the Roman god of war?

a)

January

b)

March

c)

June

d)

August

20.

Which figure of speech gives an object or idea human characteristics?

a)

personification

b)

anaphora

c)

polysyndeton

d)

chiasmus