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It is most beneficial to you to write this mock midterm UNDER EXAM CONDITIONS.
This means:
• Complete the midterm in an hour and twenty minutes.
• Work on your own.
• Keep your notes and textbook closed.
• Attempt every question.
After the time limit, go back over your work with a different colour or on a separate piece
of paper and try to do the questions you are unsure of. Record your ideas in the
margins to remind yourself of what you were thinking when you take it up at PASS.
The purpose of this mock exam is to give you practice answering questions in a timed
setting and to help you to gauge which aspects of the course content you know well and
which are in need of further development and review. Use this mock exam as a
learning tool in preparing for the actual exam.
Please note:
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Come to the PASS workshop with your mock exam complete. During the
workshop you can work with other students to review your work.
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Often, there is not enough time to review the entire exam in the PASS workshop.
Decide which questions you most want to review – the Facilitator may ask
students to vote on which questions they want to discuss in detail.
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Facilitators do not bring copies of the mock exam to the session. Please print out
and complete the exam before you attend.
 Facilitators do not produce or distribute an answer key for mock exams.
Facilitators help students to work together to compare and assess the answers
they have. If you are not able to attend the PASS workshop, you can work alone
or with others in the class.
Good Luck writing the Mock Exam!!
Dates and locations of mock exam take-up:
October 13th 1-2:30 SA 313, October 15th 10:30-12 SA 313 (each are 1.5 hrs)
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Section 1: Multiple choice /25 (one mark each)
1. During the Bronze Age, there are two types of cultural evidence that are not Roman,
in the form of burial urns, the cultures are…
2.
3.
4.
5.
a. Trojan and Latial
b. Carthaginian and Greek
c. Latin and Greek
d. Villanovan and Latial
Romulus and Remus read the signs by watching the flight of birds, which indicated
that the city should be founded on:
a. The banks of the Tiber
b. The Capitoline Hill
c. The Palatine Hill
The city of Rome was short of women, to fix this the Romans abducted for their
future wives 600:
a. Etruscan maidens
b. Sabine daughters
c. Trojan slave girls
In the regal period, the roots of the later Roman constitution are founded. The king
was appointed by an advisory body of patrician elders known as:
a. The Curiate Assembly
b. The Senate
c. The council of the Plebs
In the birth of the Republic, many things changed in Rome, one being the
enforcement of the 12 tables, which was?
a. That every house had to have 12 tables
b. Gave the Plebs the same rights as the Pats
c. The first law code
6. While Hannibal is recruiting people in Italy for his army in the Second Punic War,
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanius takes control of what city?
a. Alexandria
b. Carthage
c. Actium
d. Troy
7. The Gracchus brothers attempt to rectify some of the social issues in Rome during
their years as Tribunes, what did they attempt to solve?
a. Land distribution
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b. Take power away from the elites
c. Giving citizenship to people outside the city of Rome
d. All of the above
8. Before returning back to Rome Julius Caesar gained power and support while in this
place as Governor, later crossing the Rubicon River and engaging in Civil War. What
was the place?
a. Gaul
b. Pharsalus
c. Athens
9. Antony’s long-Standing affair with Cleopatra, and his preference for her company
over that of his own wife (Octavian’s sister) and his new family in Egypt culminated in
Octavian’s defeat of Antony and Cleo at:
a. The Battle of Philippi
b. The Battle of Pharsalus
c. The Battle if Actium
10. During Augustus’s rule the Empire saw its golden age, he developed a new way of
life for Romans leading to one of the longest periods of peace in the Mediterranean,
what was this period called?
a. Pax Mediterraneia
b. Pax Augusta
c. Pax Versailles
11. The Periods of Roman Imperial Rules are generally divided by:
a. Family
b. Groups of unrelated emperors
c. Periods of stability or lack of stability
d. All of the above
12. Vespasian was appointed by the Senate and established a ___________ for future
rulers?
a. A dynasty
b. A rulebook
c. A new senate
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13. Hadrian, one of the five good Emperors, ruled Rome from the Road. He and his
entourage spent most of their time in __________. He even styled his statue portraits in
this style.
a. Spain
b. Brittan
c. Persia
d. Greece
14. Commodus marks a critical time in the Roman Empire, he is known for starting the…
a. Beginning of the Iron Age
b. The Golden Age
c. The beginning of the end
d. The beginning of the Severan Dynasty
15. Diocletian made a radical change to the Empire in an attempt to account for its
large size, to do this he…
a. Rearranged borders
b. Built a wall in Brittan
c. Divided the Empire into East and West
16. Which voting assembly could we consider the most ‘fair’
a. The Comitia Centuriata
b. Comitia Tributa
c. Concilium Plebs
17. Marcus Cato the Elder wrote about the good old days and what it meant to be
Roman, he was also a didactic author who wrote the…
a. The Philippics
b. Argicultura
c. The twelve lives of the Julio-Claudians
d. Apologeticus
18. What type of Roman Concrete is faced with small stones?
a. Opus caementicium
b. Opus incertum
c. Opus reticulatum
19. Roman roads spanned the Empire and were used to transport military supplies. What
was the earliest road that spans from Rome to Brundisium?
a. Via Appia
b. Via Orillia
c. Via Banducci
d. Via Brundisia
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20. What is the Colosseum is an example of?
a. Roman elitism, it was a signal of wealth
b. Roman expertise in designing and using arches and concrete
c. Rome showing her dominance and might to visiting politicians
21. To build the Pantheon Roman engineers and builders included what feature?
a. An Oculus
b. A statue of Augustus
c. Coffered ceiling panels
d. Support beams running along the middle
22. Which Emperor is NOT considered as one of the 5 good Emperors?
a. Nerva
b. Trajain
c. Marcus Aurelius
d. Tiberius
23. Which option is NOT a method used by the Romans in their expansion of the Empire
a. Active War fare
b. The quelling of threats
c. Diplomacy with others
d. Inheritance
24. What site is Professor Banducci currently working at every summer?
a. Capri
b. Gabii
c. Pompeii
25. What role did the Praetors have in the Roman government?
a. The civil matters of the State and festival planning
b. Judicial responsibilities, running the courts
c. Running the elections
d. Conducting the Census
Section 2: ID Questions. Identify and explain the significance of FOUR of the following
terms. (5 marks each to give some detail)
The Struggle of the Orders, Consul, The Punic Wars, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Triumvirate,
Forum of Augustus, Tetrarchy, The Battle of Milvia Bridge, Roman Concrete, Pantheon,
Aqueducts
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Section 3: Short Essay (5 Paragraphs, basic), pick one topic.
Option A: What were the repercussions of the regal period of the Roman Empire going
forward. (include how the regal period ended)
Option B: Rome was not a unique culture, even at its height it was still borrowing from
others. Describe using details and examples from the course explaining the Roman Culture
that was borrowed.