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MID-TERM HOMEWORK II

PART I. MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS:
1. Among the important concessions won by the plebeians in their struggle against patriCians was
a. a codification of law.
b. the right to intermarry patricians.
c. the right to serve in high public office.
d. all of the above.


2. The government of the early Roman Republic can be classified as
a. popular democracy.
b. dictatorial monarchy.
c. oligarchy of few military generals.
cl. a mixed government with the senate as the center.


3. The Twelve Tables were
a_ dinner tables for Roman nobles to socialize themselves.
b. the tables behind which Roman Senators made laws.
e_ the publicized laws which passed by the General Assembly of plebeians.
d. the publicized laws which Romans enacted up to 450 B.C.


4. The Punic War was a war between
a. the Romans and the Greeks.
b. the Romans and the Carthaginians.
c. the Romans and the Persians.
d. the Romans and the Macedonians.


5. During the Second Punic War, the Roman general Fabius
a. chased Hannibal all over Italy in order to defeat him.
b. repeatedly defeated Hannibal and forced him to surrender.
c. constantly delayed military confrontation with Hannibal.
d. was forced by Hannibal to surrender.


6. The basic question addressed by the Gracchi brothers was whether
a. Rome should abolish its citizen military.
b. Roman proletarians should be given land.
c. the state should stop waging imperialist war.
d. the Romans should abolish the Senate.


7. The late republic history is mainly a story of
a. quiet reforms initiated and carried out by the Senate.
b. invasions of the Roman homeland by barbarians.
c. a series of military dictators and civil wars.
d. the struggle between patricians and plebeians.

8. The Social War was a war between
a. patricians and plebeians.
b. mass popular and dictators.
c. the Senate and the allied generals.
d. Romans and Italians


9. The First Triumvirate was composed of
a. Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar.
b. Pompey, Caesar, and Cicero.
c. Sulk, Pompey, and Marius.
d. Crassits, Caesar, and Cicero.


10. At the end of the late republic, the constitutional crises in Rome were the conflicts between
a. the Senate the dictators.
b. the Plebeian Assembly and the Senate.
c. the consuls and the people.
d. the military generals and foreign enemies.


11. The rule of Octavian is formally known as the period of the
a. principate.
b. monarchy.
c. republic.
d. imperator.


12. The Romans enjoyed actual peace (pax romana) during
a. the first century c.e.
b. the second century c.e.
c. the third century c.e.
d. All three centuries mentioned above.


13. The Essenes, living at the eve of the first century, developed a strong belief in
a. the near coming of Messiah.
b. an inevitable revolution against Romans.
e. a cooperative relation with Romans.
d. mass conversion to Christianity.


14. The chief responsibility for making Christianity a universal faith lies with
a. the nature of Jewish religion.
b. Apostle Peter's achievement in the Roman world.
c. St. Paul who realized the importance of spreading Christianity among gentiles.
d. Roman policy of religious tolerance.


15. The first recorded persecution of Christians took place
a. in Rome after the Great Fire of 64 A.D.
b. in Jerusalem immediately after the crucification of Juses.
c. during the rcign of Diocletian.
d. in Gaul carried out by Julius Caesar in the 40's B.C.


16. Constantinople was built on the site of
a. Troy.
b. Alexandria.
c. Byzantium.
d. Miletus.

17. The Church Father who exerted the greatest influence on the formation of Christian theology (theory of salvation) was
a. St. Jerome.
b. St. Ambrose.
c. St. Benedictine.
d. St. Augustine.


18. Which one of the following statements does not explain the rise of the Roman papacy to the
position of the supreme authority in the Western church?
a. St. Peter founded the Roman church according to the Bible.
b. the Popes defended Rome from the barbarians.
c. the papacy secured the control of the land in central Italy.
d. in the Empire, only Rome had a bishopric seat.

19. The emperor Theodosius was important to Christianity because he
a. began the last persecution.
b. began the practice of intervening in church affairs.
c. moved the church headquarters to Constantinople.
d. made Christianity the official religion of the empire.

20. St. Benedictine Rule required its monks to
a. recite the community prayers eight times a day.
b. suppress three greatest temptations: money, sex, and ambition.
c. to live very simple way of life and do physical work.
d. all of the above.

21. The country where the monastery rather than the bishop's see became the center of the church life was
a_ Italy.
b. Ireland.
c. Gaul.
d. Germany.

22. One major difference between the church in the East and in the West of the former Roman Empire was that
a. the Western church rejected the doctrine of the Trinity.
b. the Western church participated in iconoclast.
c. the Eastern church used Latin as it official language.
d. the Eastern church rejected the papal authority.

23. Emperor Justinian is justly famed in history for his
a. production of corpus furls civilis.
b. victory over Arabs.
c. leadership in the Christian world.
d. none of the above.

24. Synod of Whitby decided that the English church would
a. follow the path of Rome.
b. follow the path of the Irish church.
c. be independent from both Roman and Irish influences.
d. None of the above.

25. During the Germanic invasion into the Roman Empire, North Africa was occupied by
a. Visigoths.
b. Lombards.
e. Vandals.
Ostrogoths.

26. Which of the Frankish Kings who donated central Italy to Roman Papacy?
a. Clovis
b. Charles Martel
c. Pepin the Short
d. Charlemagne

27. According to the contemporary account, after having been crowned by the Pope as the Emperor, Charlemagne felt
a. happy for his coronation.
b. thankful to the church and the Papacy.
c. deep sorrow for his own sins.
d. regretful for being possibly viewed as a subject of the Papacy.

28. Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between the church and the state during the Frankish period.
a. The church attempted to put the state under its absolute control.
b. The state started to have arbitrary authority over the church.
c. They formed an alliance on the basis of their mutual needs.
d. They separated secular and spiritual powers between them.

29. Which of the following was not a great building in the city of Constantinople?
a. Hagia Sophia
b. Circus Maximus
c. Hippodrome
d. Royal Palace

30. During the seventh century, the Byzantines fought all the following except
a. Arabs.
b. Bulgars.
c. Visigoths.
d. Persians.

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