Chapter 5 Quiz

A  controlled by hereditary kings who had absolute authority over all Roman citizens

B  held by a democratically-elected Senate President who represented both male and female voters

C  often held by women and slaves, since free Roman men generally viewed elected political office as a job more suited to a servant 

D  in the hands of a hereditary aristocracy, the patricians, although the common people of Rome, the plebeians, were free men who also had a voice in politics

A  the theater, which Romans of all classes attended regularly to watch state-sponsored plays glorifying the Republic

B  the family, although the word “family” (familia) in ancient Rome included nonrelated slaves and servants living in the same household

C  the universities that taught Roman values to students of all ages,

D  the Roman coffeehouse, where both men and women of the local community met to discuss politics and philosophy

A  Rome had been badly defeated by the Gauls

B  the city of Rome had been surrounded and cut off from contact with the outside world by roving herds of untamed elephants

C  Rome had conquered the Carthaginian empire, and had burned the city of Carthage to the ground

D  the descendants of Remus had returned to power, and had claimed the ancient right of Roman kingship

A  established city-states, and developed a culture that became the foundation of civilization in much of the Italian peninsula

B  were Greek settlers that had migrated from the area that is now modern Spain

C  never developed a civilization or writing system of their own, and simply imitated Roman culture

D  conquered the Italian peninsula with the help of Alexander the Great

A  royal queens, chosen from among the young women of the outlying villages

B  the colonial mayors, selected by the Roman Senate

C  the king and any noblemen who could prove their Latin, rather than Etruscan, ancestry

D  the two consuls, each elected by the Centuriate Assembly for a one-year term