The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 4: Pride in Family and City

True or False Quiz

1
The geography of the Italian peninsula created better conditions for agriculture than those found in the Greek peninsula.
A)True
B)False
2
Etruscan women participated more actively in society than their contemporaries elsewhere generally did.
A)True
B)False
3
All classes in Roman society supported the overthrow of the Etruscan monarchy.
A)True
B)False
4
The Roman constitution held in check the accumulation of wealth by noble families.
A)True
B)False
5
Plebeians won the right to marry patricians, which eliminated restrictions of birth on upward social mobility.
A)True
B)False
6
The number of clients surrounding a patron was a likely indication of that patrician's influence and power.
A)True
B)False
7
When Rome's allies in the Latin League revolted, Rome reacted by destroying them without compromise.
A)True
B)False
8
Romans' religious beliefs were based upon proper observation of religious rituals, which included sacrifice.
A)True
B)False
9
Roman families worshipped both ancestors and household gods.
A)True
B)False
10
Roman infants were tightly bound in cloth for the first few months to make their limbs grow straight.
A)True
B)False
11
During battle, Roman soldiers avoided eating meat, which they feared would make them less brave and fierce.
A)True
B)False
12
Rome's traditional superiority in naval warfare led to an immediate victory over Carthaginian forces in 253 B.C.E.
A)True
B)False
13
Rome's subject peoples flocked to join Hannibal's forces when they arrived in central Italy.
A)True
B)False
14
After the defeat of Spartacus, Roman authorities abolished slavery, fearing the possibility of more rebellions on the same scale.
A)True
B)False
15
The large estate, worked by slave gang labor, replaced the small farm after the Punic Wars.
A)True
B)False
16
Cato the Elder sought to preserve Roman values by taxing luxury goods and fining people for neglecting their farms.
A)True
B)False
17
Roman aristocrats sought to pacify the new property-less class swelling the population of the city by subsidizing food.
A)True
B)False
18
Rome's military success came in part from the ingenuity of engineering achievements, such as the ability to build bridges very quickly.
A)True
B)False
19
Romans resisted Hellenization in architecture, and viewed the use of marble as a wasteful extravagance when concrete covered in stucco would work as well.
A)True
B)False
20
Roman playwrights like Plautus and Terence imitated Hellenistic models but added music.
A)True
B)False
21
Cicero was an indifferent orator and author whose crude use of Latin forced him to rely on brute force to get his way.
A)True
B)False
22
The Gracchi proposed reforms to help prevent a famine caused in part by the slave revolt in Sicily.
A)True
B)False
23
Both Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were murdered for political reasons, along with hundreds of their followers.
A)True
B)False
24
Marius redefined the Roman military by instituting a property requirement for soldiers.
A)True
B)False
25
Sulla sought to protect Roman citizens from politicians seeking personal gain and power.
A)True
B)False
26
Julius Caesar came to power with the loyalty of the army, but lacked the support of the plebeians.
A)True
B)False
27
Caesar disappointed many of his supporters by remaining in office beyond the limit of his term and by adopting the trappings of a monarch.
A)True
B)False
28
The conspirators behind Caesar's murder celebrated the event by issuing a coin decorated with daggers.
A)True
B)False
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