CSTU 101 Quiz The Roman Narrative
Due Jul 24 at 11:59pm Time Limit 40 Minutes
Points 80
Questions 30
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Question 1
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This is the best preserved of all Roman buildings because it became a Catholic church early in the history of the Church of Rome.
Coliseum Parthenon Pantheon Trajan’s coliseum
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Question 2
The greatest Roman poet of the Republic.
Cicero Caesar Lucretius Demosthenes
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Question 3
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The Romans valued education and scorned the uneducated, whether Roman or foreigner. Who wrote “Ignorance condemned these impoverished souls to “the tyranny of the present”?
Virgil Cicero Octavian Caesar
Question 4
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One of the most revolutionary and authoritative structures ever built, which has influenced the architecture of every age from the ancient Rome to the present day.
Aqueducts Triumphal Arch Trajan’s column Pantheon
Question 5
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According to your textbook who is the greatest Roman historian?
Machiavelli Tacitus Cicero Augustus
Question 6
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What were as common in Rome as billboards are to us today?
Canvas portraits Sculptures Road signs Temples
Question 7
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Who proclaimed himself to be the first emperor of Rome?
Octavian Nero Mark Anthony Constantine
Question 8
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What structure did the Romans build that allowed their expression of who they were in the world and what they were trying to do? It was also used as a propaganda device; a representation of the yoke of oxen.
Parthenon Triumphal Arch Aqueducts Statues of Caesar
Question 9
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These letters were the universal mark of Roman authority.
Alpha SPQR Omega ROM
Question 10
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Who is credited with introducing the Neo-classical architecture to America’s buildings?
Washington Jefferson Hamilton Franklin
Question 11
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Caesar Augustus, we know from the Bible gave himself this name. What was his name before he took this new name?
Julius Octavian Brutus
Cassius
Question 12
The Punic Wars involved which two countries?
Rome and Spain Rome and Greece Rome and Carthage Rome and Germany
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Question 13
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This is the oldest continuously used religious building in the West, having started as a pagan temple and then converted to a Catholic church.
Parthenon Pantheon Peter’s Cathedral Coliseum
Question 14
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Greeks characteristically created while the Romans were often content to copy art; Roman artists excelled in portraiture and ________ narrative precisely because they copied the work as they saw it.
historical
story
triumphant
cultural
Question 15
Who wrote the poem the Aeneid?
Caesar Catullus Heracles Virgil
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Question 16
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Which Roman city was destroyed by a volcano, Mt. Vesuvius?
Rome
Pompeii Naples Milan
Question 17
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Literally means “the public affair” or “the people’s affair”.
Democratic Republic Patricians Plebeians
Question 18
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According to the Roman timeline this Republic began around what date?
500 AC 1000 BC 510 BC 200 BC
Question 19
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Which of these seas did not touch the shores of Rome?
Ionian Sea Adriatic Sea Tyrrhenian Sea Black Sea
Question 20
Which document did Jefferson write?
Constitution Bill of Rights Declaration of Independence Both b and c
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Question 21
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The Greeks were more interested in what works, while the Romans were more interested in what is right.
True
False
Question 22
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The chief arts of Rome were architecture and sculpture.
True False
Question 23
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The Greeks had slaves but the Romans chose not to embrace slavery.
True False
Question 24
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The Romans viewed the Greek culture as very distasteful and refused to use any of it with their own culture.
True False
Question 25
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Rome could be described as being pragmatic in their worldview.
True False
Question 26
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Hannibal was a famous Roman general in the 5th century.
True False
Question 27
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Lex, Rex was written by the King of England in 1644.
True False
Question 28
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The Roman Coliseum was not as big as previously thought and probably only held a few thousand people.
True False
Question 29
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Duty, honor, and patriotism were Greek virtues as opposed to the Roman ideals of freedom, truth, and beauty.
True False
Question 30
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For the Romans, imperialism was a matter of living out their destiny.
True False
Quiz Score: 80 out of 80
