5.15.R - Lesson: Roman Culture Review

Question 1

Who is considered to be the most important Roman writer?
Cicero
Virgil
Seneca
Plautus

Answer 1

Plautus

Question 2

Who was the Roman historian that was skeptical of his own nation’s history?
Seneca
Cicero
Pliny the Elder
Livy

Answer 2

Livy

Question 3

Christians were persecuted for many reasons during the Roman Empire, including refusal to worship whom as a god?
Christ
the emperor
the sky
the self

Answer 3

the emperor

Question 4

Which principle architectural feature was used in this structure to support its size?

portico
arch
oculus
corridor

Answer 4

arch

Question 5

In architecture, what did the arch help do?

Answer 5

Your Answer:
The arch provided support for many large buildings.

Question 6

Who is responsible for writing the Roman version of Homer’s Odyssey?
Juvenal
Seneca
Virgil
Plautus

Answer 6

Virgil

Question 7

Who was the political theorist to promote the idea of “there is no place like home”?
Cicero
Seneca
Pliny the Elder
Virgil

Answer 7

Cicero