Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Read the statement. Then
choose the best answer.
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Citizens played a role in
the tripartite structure
of the government in the Roman Republic.
What does the word tripartite mean in the
sentence above?
a. | made of three
parts | c. | democratic | b. | having three leaders | d. | federal |
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Choose the best
answer.
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Most Roman citizens were
members of which of these groups?
a. | patricians | c. | plebeians | b. | slaves | d. | tribunes |
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Who took the place of the king
in the Roman Republic?
a. | senators | c. | two elected consuls | b. | voting citizens in
assemblies | d. | an appointed
committee |
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Which of the following people
was a tyrant of Rome?
a. | Brutus | c. | Tarquinius Superbus | b. | Romulus | d. | Cincinnatus |
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Who gained power as the
republican form of government declined in Rome?
a. | the
tribunes | c. | the
assemblies | b. | the plebeians | d. | military generals |
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Who were the northern neighbors
of the early Romans?
a. | Greeks | c. | Trojans | b. | Latins | d. | Etruscans |
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Choose the name that best
matches the description.
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general who defeated rebels on
the Italian Peninsula and then ruled Rome as dictator
a. | Julius
Caesar | d. | Hannibal | b. | Romulus | e. | Scipio | c. | Sulla |
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Roman general who successfully
invaded northern Africa
a. | Julius
Caesar | d. | Hannibal | b. | Romulus | e. | Scipio | c. | Sulla |
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ambitious member of the Roman
ruling triumvirate in 60 B.C.
a. | Julius
Caesar | d. | Hannibal | b. | Romulus | e. | Scipio | c. | Sulla |
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mythical founder of
Rome
a. | Julius
Caesar | d. | Hannibal | b. | Romulus | e. | Scipio | c. | Sulla |
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Carthaginian general famous for
leading troops across the Alps to attack Rome
a. | Julius
Caesar | d. | Hannibal | b. | Romulus | e. | Scipio | c. | Sulla |
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