Test Bank Chapter 3: The Early Roman Republic (509–350 Bce)

Chapter 3

15 instructor questions: 10 multiple choice, 5 T/F

1. In times of political or military emergency, the Consuls could turn rule of the state over temporarily to one man, who would be given the title of ______.

a. Dictator (p. 80)

b. Imperator

c. Quaestor

d. Equestrian

2. Each of the three Roman tribes was subdivided into ten ______.

1. gentes
2. plebiscites
3. curiae (p. 80)
4. familiae

3. How many names did a Roman man typically have?

1. two
2. three (p. 80)
3. four
4. five

4. Which of the following is not one of the plebeian complaints that drove the long-lasting Conflict of the Orders?

1. Plebeians did not know what the laws were
2. Patricians did not serve in the Roman military (p. 82)
3. Plebeians had no real chance of becoming a member of the Senate
4. Poor plebeians could be sold into slavery for defaulting on their loans

5. The ______ were the wealthiest, and thus highest-ranking, class in the Centuriate Assembly.

1. Decemvirs
2. Senators
3. Equestrians (p. 83)
4. proletariate

6. Plebiscites were issued by the ______.

1. Curiate Assembly
2. Centuriate Assembly
3. Senate
4. Council of the Plebs (p. 84)

7. Which of the following was not a duty attached to the office of Censor?

1. Take the census of citizens’ property
2. Oversee public morality
3. Appoint new members to the Senate
4. Oversee the equipping of the Roman army (p. 85)

8. Which of the following laws effectively brought an end to the Conflict of the Orders?

1. The Hortensian Law (p. 86)
2. The Licinio-Sextian Law
3. The Valerio-Horatian Laws
4. The Canuleian Law

9. Gaius Mucius’ “fiery” demonstration of fidelity to Rome resulted in his earning the nickname “Scaevola,” which means ______.

1. “Fearless”
2. “Enduring”
3. “Lefty” (p. 88)
4. “Hot foot”

10. According to tradition, the Romans were saved at the Battle of Lake Regillus by the appearance of the gods ______.

1. Mars and Minerva
2. Diana and Minerva
3. Castor and Pollux (p. 88)
4. Romulus and Jupiter
5. No annually elected office in the Roman Republic was overseen by just one person. (T, p. 79)
6. The Conflict of the Orders is the name given to a long period of domestic unrest that frequently turned violent. (F, p. 82)
7. Every ambitious senator’s goal was to be named a novus homo. (F, p. 86)
8. Lawsuits in Republican Rome had two phases, the actio (or “action”) phase and the judicium (or “judgment”) phase. (T, p. 87)
9. After the Gauls sacked Rome in 390 BCE, the Romans built the Servian Wall and restructured their army. (T, p. 89)