Author Question: In the Roman Republic it was not uncommon for slaveholders to ________. A. eat at the same table ... (Read 41 times)

jrubin · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Mark Antony requested military aid from Cleopatra because ________.

A. Lepidus needed help in Africa
B. he did not want to accept troops from Octavian, his political rival
C. Octavian did not send the troops he promised
D. the Egyptian army was the most feared in the Mediterranean
E. he was besotted and wanted to merge their armies

Question 2

Because they suspected the Senate was taking bribes from Jugurtha, king of Numidia, ________ elected Marius to the consulship and assigned him to defeat Jugurtha.

A. equestrians
B. senators
C. a majority of women
D. the assembly
E. Caesar

Question 3

Tiberius Gracchus ran for reelection but ________.

A. was disqualified because his petition was submitted too late
B. he won without a single vote from the assembly
C. he lost
D. did not vote for himself
E. was killed in a riot during the election

Question 4

After Tiberius's land-reform bill was voted down by the Senate, he introduced ________.

A. a bill that would have done the opposite
B. a more extreme version of the bill
C. the Senate to his family in a bid to win sympathy
D. his brother to politics
E. a watered-down version that could be passed

Question 5

In the Roman Republic it was not uncommon for slaveholders to ________.

A. eat at the same table as their slaves
B. free their slaves
C. allow their daughters to marry slaves
D. sell their oxen to buy more slaves
E. paint pictures of their favorite slaves