Quiz 3: Lessons 6-8

Question 1

two chief magistrates elected to rule the republic

Answer 1

consuls

Question 2

representatives chosen to protect the rights of plebeians

Answer 2

tribunes

Question 3

maintained the treasury while the consul was at war

Answer 3

quaestor

Question 4

looked after the welfare of the city while the consul was at war

Answer 4

aedile

Question 5

acted as judge while the consul was at war

Answer 5

praetor

Question 6

“Coriolanus”; Roman soldier who defeated the Volscians

Answer 6

Caius Marcius

Question 7

king of Epirus whose victories were won at too great a cost

Answer 7

Pyrrhus

Question 8

Roman laws written and displayed in the forum

Answer 8

Laws of the 12 Tables

Question 9

dictator who defeated Etruscans at Veii, was exiled, and returned to save Rome from the Gauls

Answer 9

Camillus

Question 10

Roman official who supervised public morals

Answer 10

censor

Question 11

dictator who immediately relinquished his power after defeating the Aequians and went back to farming

Answer 11

Cincinnatus

Question 12

“Founder of Roman Religion”

Answer 12

Numa Pompilius

Question 13

god of beginnings and endings

Answer 13

Janus

Question 14

god of the state

Answer 14

Jupiter

Question 15

priestesses to the goddess Vesta

Answer 15

Vestals