Question 1
Which of the following is NOT true of the centuriate assembly?
A) It rivaled the Roman senate for power.
B) It was the Roman army functioning in its political role.
C) It was organized by classes based on wealth.
D) It elected the chief magistrates and passed laws.
E) It was structured in such a way that the wealthiest citizens always possessed a majority.
Question 2
Rights of Man was published by
A) King Louis XVI.
B) Thomas Paine.
C) Marquis de Lafayette.
D) Thomas Jefferson.
E) Benjamin Franklin.
Question 3
The Twelve Tables
A) was the meeting place of the Roman Senate.
B) were to record and inspire a new religious cult in Rome.
C) referred to the arts of the Roman festival celebrating spring's arrival.
D) was the only place in Rome where patricians and plebeians could meet together.
E) were the first formal codification of Roman law and customs.
Question 4
The Estates General was
A) a group of protesters who stormed the Bastille.
B) a French representative body that convened in 1789 after not having done so for 175 years.
C) King Louis XVI's advisors.
D) a delegation of American ambassadors who met with French diplomats in the 1790s.
E) None of these are correct.
Question 5
In their struggle with the patricians, Roman plebeians employed which of the following tactics?
A) allying with the Etruscans against Rome
B) the formation of popular assemblies to lobby for more political reforms
C) open civil war
D) assassination of political opponents
E) All of these are correct.