CS 1000 Midterm 3 Sample MCQs

Midterm 3 will be the same format as the previous midterms: around 60 questions in 60 minutes. One difference is that the textbook questions will focus very heavily on the excerpts in the readings. Examples of excerpts can be found on pages 18, 42, and 53. Please be sure to read all excerpts carefully: Who is speaking? Who or what is being spoken about? Lastly, a reminder that the midterm test not only the first five weeks of the winter semester, but also the final week of the fall semester. Below are 15 sample multiple choice questions. The answers are not given, but you can easily find them by consulting your notes or through a search engine. 1. Choose the answer that puts the offices of the Roman cursus honorum in the correct order a. Quaestor, aedile, praetor, consul. b. Quaestor, praetor, aedile, consul. c. Praetor, quaestor, aedile, consul. d. Aedile, praetor, quaestor, consul. 2. According to Roman tradition, the city was said to have been ruled by how many kings before establishing a republic? a. 7 b. 9 c. 12 d. 5 3. In republican Rome, when the consuls were absent from the city, the leading state officials were the: a. Praetors b. Quaestors c. Censors d. Aedile 4. The First Punic War (264-241 B.C.) began as a conflict over: a. The island of Sicily. b. The silver mines in Spain. c. The territory of Samnium. d. Defending Roman allies in Africa 5. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were the grandsons of which famous Roman? a. Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus b. Gaius Marius c. Lucius Aemilius Paulus d. Gaius Claudius Pulcher 6. What does the term publicani refer to? a. Private contractors hired by the state for certain projects, such as ship-building and tax collection. b. A political group centred on appealing to the needs of the common people, such as grain, land, and labour disputes. c. The undistributed land throughout Roman territory that was intended for short- term use.

d. Legal experts who provided their services in argumentation and speechwriting at the expense of the state. 7. Romulus and Remus, according to myth, were placed in a basket and eventually found and nurtured by what? a. A lion b. A wolf c. A sheep d. An eagle 8. Before the succession of the plebians between 509-287 BCE, Patricians insisted on monopolizing power and the Plebeians were bared from participating in certain social and political institutions. Which of the following were the Plebeians allowed to take part in? a. Running for magistracies b. Military service c. Voting for representatives d. Serving as a judge 9. Put the following changes in "the struggle of orders" in chronological order. a. Laws of the 12 tables, plebeians can marry patricians, plebeians can be consuls, plebeians can pass laws binding all Romans b. plebeians can be consuls, plebeians can marry patrician, Laws of the 12 tables, plebeians can pass laws binding all Romans c. plebeians can pass laws binding all Romans, plebeians can be consuls, plebeians can marry patricians, Laws of the 12 tables d. plebeians can marry patrician, Laws of the 12 tables, plebeians can pass laws binding all Romans, plebeians can be consuls 10. What was the difference between a flamens and a pontiffs? a. The pontiffs established religious contracts whereas the flamens carried out the necessary rituals b. The pontiffs and flamens dealt with specific gods but the pontiffs performed sacrifices themselves. c. The flamens took omens, whereas the pontiffs dealt with religious contracts between people and the gods. d. The flamens interpreted entrails and liver readings, whereas the pontiffs assigned and performed religious sacrifices. 11. Imagine you are intending to run for office and the vote is going to happen today. You must make sure that the omens are favourable before the vote can happen. Which priest did you need to get to perform this task? a. Augur b. Pontifex c. Flamen d. Sybil 12. Imagine you are the commander of the Roman army and you are successful in bringing the current war to an end during your term in office. To celebrate this accomplishment you would march through the city of Rome with prisoners of war, booty, and maybe even a tableaux depicting your accomplishments. What is this celebration called? a. A triumph b. An imperium