Which of the following peoples had the LEAST direct influence on the development of Roman culture?

Which of the following peoples had the LEAST direct influence on the development of Roman culture?

the Etruscans

the Hittites

the Greeks

the Latins

Question 2

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The powerful landowners of ancient Rome were known as                             .

consuls

plebeians

patricians

princeps

Question 3

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The Punic Wars were waged between Rome and                              .

Etruria

Alexandria

Athens

Carthage

Question 4

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The civil and military authority of Rome was known as the                               .

equites

res publica

imperium

jus civilis

Question 5

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Which of the following statements best captures Seneca’s Stoic philosophy?

“Succumb to one’s passions.”

“Work to achieve peace of mind.”

“Never give in to fate.”

“Follow one’s heart, not one’s mind.”

Question 6

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Catullus dedicated some of his poems to a woman he called Lesbia, a nod to the influence of which poet on his work?

Sappho

Virgil

Horace

Homer

Question 7

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Juvenal was Rome’s                             .

leading writer of love poetry.

preeminent Stoic philosopher.

most famous satirist.

strongest supporter of women’s rights.

Question 8

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The hero of Virgil’s Aeneid is a native of which geographical location?

Rome

Athens

Egypt

Troy

Question 9

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Which Roman poet’s risqué The Art of Love led Octavian to send him into exile?

Ovid

Cicero

Horace

Virgil

Question 10

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Romans innovated the use of which building material, which made large-scale architectural constructions much cheaper to build?

steel

concrete

marble

granite

Question 11

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A series of arches placed back to back produces which of the following forms?

a dome

an apse

a barrel vault

an atrium

Question 12

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The immediate consequence of the assassination of Julius Caesar was                         .

the restoration of the Roman Republic.

the collapse of the Roman Empire.

a struggle for power between his first lieutenant and his adopted son.

an end to Rome’s civil strife and establishment of the Pax Romana.

Question 13

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Roman baths typically centered on a rectangular colonnaded hall known as                               .

an arcade.

a basilica.

a megalith.

a dome.

Question 14

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Roman artists used the technique later known as trompe l’oeil in order to achieve which of the following aspects?

enhance the brightness of a painting’s colors.

All these answers are correct

trick the eye into perceiving depth on a flat surface

add realistic detail to marble statuary.

Question 15

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Which of the following landmarks commemorated Roman military victories?

Trajan’s Column

the Pont du Gard

the Maison Carrée

the Pantheon

Question 16

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There is little surviving evidence with which to judge Rome’s accomplishments in the field of                          .

literature

architecture

sculpture

music

Question 17

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Which of the following choices is true about Roman portraits?

always cast in bronze

found only at grave sites

typically more idealized than the sculpture of Greece

typically more realistic than the sculpture of Greece

Question 18

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The Pantheon was dedicated to whom?

Marcus Aurelius

Julius Caesar

the planetary deities

Augustus

Question 19

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Which of the following choices applies to both Han China and the Roman Empire?

All these answers are correct

traded by way of Asian intermediaries

were comparable in geographic size, power, and prestige

produced lengthy historical chronicles

Question 20

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In contrast with Rome, imperial China under the Qin and Han left no landmark                            .

large-scale defenses

epic poems

historical chronicles

love poems