HIEU 201 Quiz 6 The Roman Republic solutions complete answers

HIEU 201 Quiz 6 The Roman Republic solutions complete answers

 

After Carthage's stunning victory at the battle of Cannae (216 B.C.)

          a. the Romans sued for peace, conceding its claims in Spain.   

          b. the Romans created a new alliance with the Macedonians.   

          c. Rome was unable to raise and equip new legions for a decade.       

          d. Rome invaded North Africa, forcing the Carthaginian general Hannibal to withdraw his troops from Italy.          

 

The Romans treated the Italian peoples they conquered

          a. as slaves, to be used for menial labor and gladiatorial combat.        

          b. as separate and inferior races.        

          c. as equals who were, nonetheless, to be kept separate.        

          d. as potential allies, to be integrated into Roman society.

 

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. recognition of the full power of the Plebeian Assembly to enact legislation.  

          c. the creation of the Twelve Tables.     

          d. the institution of an Athenian-style democracy.        

 

The most influential philosophy in Rome was

          a. Epicureanism.         

          b. Stoicism.      

          c. Cynicism.      

          d. Skepticism.

 

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 overseas expansion of Rome led to social and economic changes, which included

          a. the rise of a business class whose sources of wealth included army supply contracts and tax collecting.          

          b. the destruction of the patrician class by a new class of warriors.      

          c. a decline in trade, commerce, and manufacturing, as Rome lived off the tribute extracted from conquered lands.   

          d. greater prosperity for most of the plebeian farmers.

 

Marius reflects the problems of the late Republic in that he

          a. restored and further strengthened the power of the Senate. 

          b. established a dictatorship that would radically reform the political system.   

          c. defeated and killed his rival Sulla and Sulla's senatorial supporters.  

          d. exploited the social and economic situation, using a private army to advance his political career.

 

The Roman Republic was unable to meet the challenge of empire for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

          a. its high levels of taxation killed off motivation for provincial people to work. 

          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. the lack of concern Roman ruling elites showed for the empire's subjects.

 

The tension that erupted in the Struggle of the Orders stemmed from plebeian grievances including

          a. patrician efforts to restrict plebeian access to religious festivals.       

          b. enslavement for debt.         

          c. election fraud that deprived them of their electoral power.   

          d. inequalities in the written law code.

 

Tiberius Gracchus made himself a spokesman for

          a. democracy.   

          b. land reform. 

          c. judicial reform.        

          d. military rule. 

 

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. was carried out by people who saw themselves as loyal defenders of the Republic against Caesar's ambitions.          

          c. restored the health and effectiveness of the Republic.         

          d. put an end to the civil wars that had plagued Rome. 

 

War between Rome and Carthage began because Rome feared Carthage's designs on

          a. Spain.         

          b. Greece.       

          c. Sicily. 

          d. all of the above       

 

The first stage of Roman expansion was the

          a. conquest of Gaul and Germania.      

          b. collision with Carthage.       

          c. uniting of the Italian peninsula.       

          d. subjugation of the Hellenistic states.

 

Despite reforms made during the Struggle of the Orders, Rome remained an oligarchy because

          a. the plebeians were denied equality before the law.   

          b. patronage networks of wealthy families controlled the government.  

          c. the plebeians could never become wealthy.  

          d. the plebeians were forbidden from political participation.

 

Which of the following characterizations of the Republic's administration of its provinces is NOT accurate?

          a. Rome generally allowed its subjects a large measure of self-government.     

          b. Roman taxes were significantly higher than those of previous regimes.        

          c. Rome reduced the endemic warfare that had plagued provinces prior to their incorporation. 

          d. Rome refrained from interfering with religion and local customs.

 

Rome's conquest of the Hellenistic world resulted in

          a. a clash between Stoic philosophy and Roman values and concepts of law.    

          b. most Romans rejecting foreign goods like the luxuries of the East.   

          c. the Romans substantially altering their political system by incorporating Greek democratic ideas.     

          d. Roman adoption of the Greek humanist thought.    

 

Between 205 B.C. and 148 B.C., Rome fought three wars against

          a. Macedonia.  

          b. Pergamum.   

          c. Egypt.         

          d. Carthage.

 

The Senate responded to the challenge posed by the Gracchi by

          a. lowering the price of grain in Rome. 

          b. killing them. 

          c. reinstituting the property requirement for entrance into the army.    

          d. banishing them from Italy.

 

The crisis in agriculture in the late Republic was a result of

          a. a loss of interest in farming as most Romans became involved in trade and manufacturing.  

          b. loss of incentive to work due to high taxation.        

          c. 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.    

          d. a decline in manpower to work the farms because so many Romans had been killed in foreign wars.          

 

Plautus (c. 254-184 B.C.) was one of Rome's leading

          a. philosophers. 

          b. legal scholars.         

          c. playwrights.  

          d. orators.