Ancient Rome - Literature
Test Quiz
1. What was the main language used for writing during Ancient Rome?
a. English
b. Spanish
c. Latin
d. German
e. Italian
2. What material was used for writing important documents?
a. Stone tablets
b. Papyrus or Parchment
c. Wool cloth
d. Wooden slabs
e.
3. Which writer was a poet who wrote love poems and the epic Metamorphoses.
a. Virgil
b. Horace
c. Ovid
d. Livy
e. Cicero
4. What is rhetoric?
a. A type of epic poem
b. A philosophy that said the universe is ordered and rational
c. A type of writing used for government documents
d. An ability to speak in public and persuade others
e. A short lyric poem
5. What did the Ancient Romans keep written records of?
a. Wills
b. Marriages
c. Legal Trials
d. Military service
e. All of the above
6. What was the poet Virgil famous for?
a. A collection of lyric poems called the Odes
b. The epic poem the Aeneid about the Trojan hero Aeneas
c. A book about stoicism called Meditations
d. Writing many volumes of Roman history
e. Giving speeches in public and writing love poems
7. Which of these writers was known for his speeches and rhetoric?
a. Virgil
b. Horace
c. Ovid
d. Livy
e. Cicero
8. What is stoicism?
a. A type of epic poem
b. A philosophy that said the universe is ordered and rational
c. A type of writing used for government documents
d. An ability to speak in public and persuade others
e. A short lyric poem
9. What Roman historian wrote 142 volumes of history covering the founding of Rome to Augustus?
a. Virgil
b. Horace
c. Ovid
d. Livy
e. Cicero
10. Which of the following was used for day-to-day writing in Ancient Rome?
a. Wax tablets
b. Papyrus
c. Stone tablets
d. Parchment
e. None of the above
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