HIEU 201 Quiz 6
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Plebeian concessions during the Struggle of the Orders included all of the following EXCEPT
a. access to the highest political, judicial, and religious offices.
b. the creation of the Twelve Tables.
c. the institution of an Athenian-style democracy.
d. recognition of the full power of the Plebeian Assembly to enact legislation.
The Romans treated the Italian peoples they conquered
a. as equals who were, nonetheless, to be kept separate.
b. as potential allies, to be integrated into Roman society.
c. as separate and inferior races.
d. as slaves, to be used for menial labor and gladiatorial combat.
After Carthage's stunning victory at the battle of Cannae (216 B.C.)
a. Rome was unable to raise and equip new legions for a decade.
b. Rome invaded North Africa, forcing the Carthaginian general Hannibal to withdraw his
troops from Italy.
c. the Romans created a new alliance with the Macedonians.
d. the Romans sued for peace, conceding its claims in Spain.
The overseas expansion of Rome led to social and economic changes, which included
a. greater prosperity for most of the plebeian farmers.
b. the rise of a business class whose sources of wealth included army supply contracts and
tax collecting.
c. the destruction of the patrician class by a new class of warriors.
d. a decline in trade, commerce, and manufacturing, as Rome lived off the tribute extracted
from conquered lands.
The influx of slaves into Italy in the first century B.C.
a. had little impact, since most slaves went directly into the households of a few wealthy
Romans.
b. had no effect on employment, as slaves were only allowed to perform menial tasks.
c. was so great that, by 50 B.C., they constituted one-third of Italy's population.
d. led to tensions, but no outright slave revolts.
The most influential philosophy in Rome was
a. Cynicism.
b. Epicureanism.
c. Skepticism.
d. Stoicism.
The Roman Republic was unable to meet the challenge of empire for all of the following reasons
EXCEPT
a. the lack of concern Roman ruling elites showed for the empire's subjects.
b. its attempt to govern an empire with institutions designed for a city-state.
c. its failure to develop a professional civil service to administer conquered lands.
d. its high levels of taxation killed off motivation for provincial people to work.
Marius reflects the problems of the late Republic in that he
a. defeated and killed his rival Sulla and Sulla's senatorial supporters.
b. exploited the social and economic situation, using a private army to advance his political
career.
c. restored and further strengthened the power of the Senate.
d. established a dictatorship that would radically reform the political system.
The assassination of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 B.C.
a. resulted from mob violence by the poor, who feared and opposed Caesar's dictatorship.
b. restored the health and effectiveness of the Republic.
c. put an end to the civil wars that had plagued Rome.
d. was carried out by people who saw themselves as loyal defenders of the Republic
against Caesar's ambitions.
Tiberius Gracchus made himself a spokesman for
a. military rule.
b. democracy.
c. judicial reform.
d. land reform.
The tension that erupted in the Struggle of the Orders stemmed from plebeian grievances
including
a. election fraud that deprived them of their electoral power.
b. inequalities in the written law code.
c. patrician efforts to restrict plebeian access to religious festivals.
d. enslavement for debt.
Despite reforms made during the Struggle of the Orders, Rome remained an oligarchy because
a. the plebeians were denied equality before the law.
b. the plebeians could never become wealthy.
c. the plebeians were forbidden from political participation.
d. patronage networks of wealthy families controlled the government.
The first stage of Roman expansion was the
a. conquest of Gaul and Germania.
b. subjugation of the Hellenistic states.
c. uniting of the Italian peninsula.
d. collision with Carthage.
War between Rome and Carthage began because Rome feared Carthage's designs on
a. Spain.
b. Greece.
c. Sicily.
d. all of the above
Between 205 B.C. and 148 B.C., Rome fought three wars against
a. Egypt.
b. Macedonia.
c. Carthage.
d. Pergamum.
Rome's conquest of the Hellenistic world resulted in
a. most Romans rejecting foreign goods like the luxuries of the East.
b. the Romans substantially altering their political system by incorporating Greek
democratic ideas.
c. a clash between Stoic philosophy and Roman values and concepts of law.
d. Roman adoption of the Greek humanist thought.
Which of the following characterizations of the Republic's administration of its provinces is
NOT accurate?
a. Roman taxes were significantly higher than those of previous regimes.
b. Rome generally allowed its subjects a large measure of self-government.
c. Rome reduced the endemic warfare that had plagued provinces prior to their
incorporation.
d. Rome refrained from interfering with religion and local customs.
Plautus (c. 254-184 B.C.) was one of Rome's leading
a. legal scholars.
b. playwrights.
c. philosophers.
d. orators.
The crisis in agriculture in the late Republic was a result of
a. loss of incentive to work due to high taxation.
b. a decline in manpower to work the farms because so many Romans had been killed in
foreign wars.
c. a loss of interest in farming as most Romans became involved in trade and
manufacturing.
d. the plebeians' loss of their farms to larger and wealthier landowners due to wartime
devastation, debt incurred during the war, and increasing reliance on slave labor of those
conquered in foreign wars.
The Senate responded to the challenge posed by the Gracchi by
a. lowering the price of grain in Rome.
b. banishing them from Italy.
c. killing them.
d. reinstituting the property requirement for entrance into the army.
