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

Chapter 5: Territorial and Christian Empires

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
The Second Triumvirate disintegrated into a power struggle between
A)Julius Caesar and Marc Antony.
B)Lepidus and Octavian.
C)Marc Antony and Lepidus.
D)Octavian and Marc Antony.
2
Augustus was praised as "Father of the Fatherland" in part because
A)he used his personal wealth to increase his power and popularity.
B)he forced Romans to worship him as a divine ruler.
C)Virgil had created a patriarchal image of him in the Aeneid.
D)his title princeps meant father.
3
Marcus Aurelius, an emperor highly educated in law, embraced the customs of ________ at a very young age.
A)Cynicism
B)Christianity
C)Stoicism
D)Judaism
4
Like Alexander, Augustus increased the strength of his army by
A)taxing peasants heavily.
B)recruiting noncitizens into the army.
C)looting conquered cities.
D)encouraging intermarriage of Romans and conquered peoples.
5
If a woman bore three children, Roman law exempted the woman from
A)taxes.
B)participation in Roman cults.
C)male guardianship.
D)marriage.
6
Roman physicians believed that sexual intercourse
A)strengthened men and weakened women.
B)weakened men but did not have the same impact on women.
C)was immoral and should be discouraged.
D)produced an imbalance of the four humors.
7
Local amphitheaters in major Roman cities provided a venue for
A)contests of poetry and drama.
B)expressions of Roman power, virtue, and generosity.
C)mystery cult rituals.
D)democratic political participation.
8
Septimius's reforms may have kept some of Rome's problems at bay, but the legacy of ________ threatened Rome's stability.
A)multiculturalism
B)an underpaid army
C)an expensive and powerful army
D)a civilian government
9
Diocletian organized the government into a tetrarchy, which divided the empire into
A)thirds.
B)four parts.
C)a western and an eastern half.
D)dioceses.
10
The most important factor in the so-called "fall of Rome" was
A)invasions of people from the north.
B)economic decline and inflation.
C)invasions of people from the east and south.
D)the clash between military and civilian power in the government.
11
New philosophies like Neoplatonism typically attracted ________ people, as had the similar philosophies of the Hellenistic kingdoms.
A)educated, prosperous
B)alienated
C)conquered
D)poor, illiterate
12
Septimius and his wife portrayed themselves as
A)Dionysus and a female worshipper.
B)Stoics.
C)followers of the Great Mother.
D)Isis and her consort Serapis.
13
Herod rose to power in Hebron, and with the support of ________ the Roman Senate made him king of Judea.
A)Octavian
B)Titus
C)the Sadducees
D)Julius Caesar
14
For the Zealots, ________ was a crucial event that shaped their approach toward the problem of maintaining a Jewish identity.
A)the Maccabean revolt
B)the destruction of the First Temple
C)the destruction of the Second Temple
D)the covenant
15
Like many others in the Roman world, the apostles believed that ________ indicated divine presence.
A)martyrdom
B)a large following
C)a message of peace and love
D)prophecy and miracles
16
In the earliest period of the spread of Christianity, converts usually met in
A)makeshift churches.
B)Jewish temples.
C)the houses of other converts.
D)public places like the amphitheater.
17
In the third century, emperors trying to quell a crisis tried to force all subjects of the empire, with the exception of the Jews, to
A)worship the imperial cult.
B)worship the cult of Isis.
C)convert to Christianity.
D)tolerate other religions.
18
Once the empire embraced Christianity, ________ became the backbone of imperial governance and increasingly handled secular affairs.
A)city councils
B)provincial governors
C)bishops
D)parishes
19
The Donatist heresy was a split among Christians over
A)the nature of Christ.
B)whether the behavior of a priest effected the validity of the sacraments.
C)the relation between church and state.
D)the massacre of rebellious citizens.
20
In Confessions, Augustine argued that
A)original sin was passed on to new generations through semen.
B)the church should care for widows.
C)original sin was acquired with age.
D)Christians could not read traditional Roman literature.
21
Christians fled to the desert to escape
A)recruitment into the Roman army.
B)persecution and taxes.
C)asceticism.
D)the plague.
22
Augustus devised a system of government led by a single ruler, the emperor. However, he did not resolve the mechanism by which emperors would succeed one another. As a consequence, his death in 14 C.E. was followed by
A)rule by a series of emperors related to Augustus's family.
B)a series of civil wars among Roman generals who sought the principate.
C)the return of traditional republican government.
D)anarchy.
23
Mithraism was
A)a Neoplatonic philosophy.
B)the cult of Isis.
C)the worship of Ahura Mazda.
D)the cult of Dionysius.
24
Everyday life in the Roman territories was transformed as Christianity gained more and more adherents. Which one of the following statements does NOT accurately describes these transformations?
A)Christians weren't supposed to read the epic poems of Virgil and Homer.
B)Gladiator shows became unpopular.
C)Exposure of infants became less acceptable.
D)Celibacy became honorable.
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