Humanities Chapter 3 Test: Rome

Question 1

Rome was built on a hilly site known as the ___________ on the east bank of the ______________.

Answer 1

seven hills, Tiber RIver

Question 2

The term _______refers to land-owning aristocrats who served as priests, magistrates, lawyers, and judges in ancient Rome .

Answer 2

patricians

Question 3

The term ________refers to the poorer class who were the craftspeople, merchants, and laborers in ancient Rome.

Answer 3

plebians

Question 4

____________ was among those who stabbed Julius Caesar on the floor of the Senate.

Answer 4

Marcus Junius Brutus

Question 5

________ was the roman rhetorician who recognized the power of the Latin language to communicate with the people.

Answer 5

Cicero

Question 6

________ refers to the wax death masks used to create the high level of naturalism in portrait busts.

Answer 6

Imagines

Question 7

________ refers to the “dutifulness”, a relationship that prescribed that a family and clients equally owned “total obedience” to their parents in ancient Rome.

Answer 7

Pietas

Question 8

In the sculpture of Augustus of Primaporta, ________ is pictured riding a dolphin.

Answer 8

Cupid

Question 9

Virgil is author of

Answer 9

Aeneid

Question 10

Who is the author of Aeneid?

Answer 10

Virgil

Question 11

The literary pieces that celebrated Augustus’s gift of farmlands to veterans of the civil wars was the _________.

Answer 11

Georgics

Question 12

Augustus did not view the writings of ______ favorably, thus permanently banishing him from Rome.

Answer 12

Ovid

Question 13

The sand that covered the floor of the Colosseum was know as the ________

Answer 13

arena

Question 14

Each level of the Colosseum used a different architectural order: on the ground floor the _________

Answer 14

Tuscan order

Question 15

Each level of the Colosseum used a different architectural order: on the second floor the ________

Answer 15

Ionic

Question 16

Each level of the Colosseum used a different architectural order: on the third floor the ___________ (which was favored by the Romans)

Answer 16

Corinthian

Question 17

The Pantheon contained an _______ a circular opening at the top

Answer 17

oculus

Question 18

What did Hadrian conceive the oculus as

Answer 18

“Eye of Jupiter”

Question 19

Who are the five good emperors?

Answer 19

Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, and Marcus Aurelius

Question 20

Where was Julius Caesar stabbed?

Answer 20

floor of the senate

Question 21

What did Augustus do to Ovid?

Answer 21

permanently banish him from Rome

Question 22

Ovid is the author of

Answer 22

Metamorpheses

Question 23

What did Nerva do for the good of Rome?

Answer 23

he tried to relieve the poor; he gave them the care and creation which passed on to many generations after his rule

Question 24

What did Trajan do for the good of Rome?

Answer 24

he was one of the greatest of the roman sovereigns. He continued the practices of Nerva and he was a great military leader. He led many conquests which allowed Rome to reach its highest extent. He believed that architecture and art were a huge part of Rome so he made many advancements and new styles.

Question 25

What did Hadrian do for the good of Rome?

Answer 25

codified law and made it the same for all the provinces and built a wall around Britain to protect it from invaders

Question 26

What did Antonius Pius do for the good of Rome?

Answer 26

His reign was uneventful. He kept Rome happy which led to no wars or conquests or fighting. His rule was unproblematic

Question 27

What did Marcus Aurelius do for the good of Rome?

Answer 27

brought the empire to its height of economic prosperity