Question 1 

Which of these seas did not touch the shores of Rome?

  

Ionian Sea
 

Adriatic Sea
 

Tyrrhenian Sea
 

Black Sea
3 points   
Question 2 

These letters were the universal      mark of Roman authority.

  

Alpha
 

SPQR
 

Omega
 

ROM
3 points   
Question 3 

Which of American founding fathers      designed their house with the Pantheon in mind?

  

Washington
 

Franklin
 

Jefferson
 

Adams
3 points   
Question 4 

Greeks characteristically created      while the Romans were often content to copy art; Roman artists excelled in      portraiture and ____________________ narrative precisely because they      copied the work as they saw it.

  

historical
 

story
 

triumphant
 

cultural
3 points   
Question 5 

Which two structures illustrate      Roman eclecticism?

  

Coliseum and   Pantheon
 

Coliseum and   Trajans Column
 

Pantheon and   Basilica of Constantine
 

Roman Forum and the   Senate
3 points   
Question 6 

One of the most revolutionary and      authoritative structures ever built, which has influenced the architecture      of every age from the ancient Rome to the present day.

  

Aqueducts
 

Triumphal Arch
 

Trajans column
 

Pantheon
3 points   
Question 7 

Literally means the public      affair or the peoples affair.

  

Democratic
 

Republic
 

Patricians
 

Plebeians
3 points   
Question 8 

This is the oldest continuously      used religious building in the West, having started as a pagan temple and      then converted to a Catholic church.

  

Parthenon
 

Pantheon
 

Peter’s Cathedral
 

Coliseum
3 points   
Question 9 

Who is credited with introducing      the Neo-classical architecture to Americas buildings?

  

Washington
 

Jefferson
 

Hamilton
 

Franklin
3 points   
Question 10 

What structure did the Romans      build that allowed their expression of who they were in the world and what      they were trying to do? It was also used as a propaganda device; a      representation of the yoke of oxen.

  

Parthenon
 

Triumphal Arch
 

Aqueducts
 

Statues of Caesar
3 points   
Question 11 

The period from the rule of Caesar      Augustus through Marcus Aurelius.

  

Pax Romana
 

Deus Ex machine
 

Pax Augustus
 

Archaic period
3 points   
Question 12 

The Romans valued education and      scorned the uneducated, whether Roman or foreigner.  Who wrote      Ignorance condemned these impoverished souls to the tyranny of the      present?

  

Virgil
 

Cicero
 

Octavian
 

Caesar
3 points   
Question 13 

The greatest Roman poet of the      Republic.

  

Cicero
 

Caesar
 

Lucretius
 

Demosthenes
3 points   
Question 14 

What significant structural      architectural principle did the Romans develop?

  

Colonnade
 

Post and Lintel   construction
 

Rounded Arch and   Vault
 

Columns
3 points   
Question 15 

One of Romes most famous      narrative art monuments is _____________.

  

Trajans Column
 

Bust of Caesar
 

Bathhouse
 

Aqueducts
3 points   
Question 16 

This is the best preserved of all      Roman buildings because it became a Catholic church early in the history      of the Church of Rome.

  

Coliseum
 

Parthenon
 

Pantheon
 

Trajans coliseum
3 points   
Question 17 

According to the Roman timeline      this Republic began around what date?

  

500 AC
 

1000 BC
 

510 BC
 

200 BC
3 points   
Question 18 

The central wedge-shaped stone in      an arch; the last stone put in place, it makes the arch stable.

  

Dome
 

Voussoirs
 

Pilaster
 

Keystone
3 points   
Question 19 

Rome had two early philosophies      that had been taught by the Greeks, one being Epicureanism. What was the      other one?

  

Stoicism
 

Socratism
 

Agnosticism
 

Atheism
3 points   
Question 20 

From the Christian’s perspective      which of these is true?

  

“Rex,   Lex”
 

“Lex,   Rex”
 

“Lex,   Lex”
 

“Rex,   Nex”
3 points   
Question 21 

The Romans took pride in their      Imperialism.

True 
False 
2 points   
Question 22 

The Greeks had slaves but the      Romans chose not to embrace slavery.

True 
False 
2 points   
Question 23 

The chief arts of Rome were      architecture and sculpture.

True 
False 
2 points   
Question 24 

The Romans viewed the Greek      culture as very distasteful and refused to use any of it with their own      culture.

True 
False 
2 points   
Question 25 

Hannibal was a famous Roman      general in the 5th century.

True 
False 
2 points   
Question 26 

A good word to describe the Roman      mind in relations to art, would be idealistic.

True 
False 
2 points   
Question 27 

The Greeks were more interested in      what works, while the Romans were more interested in what is right.

True 
False 
2 points   
Question 28 

Lex, Rex was written by the King      of England in 1644.

True 
False 
2 points   
Question 29 

Rome could be described as being      pragmatic in their worldview.

True 
False 
2 points   
Question 30 

Philosophy is the one area of      Roman culture that is not indebted to the Greeks.

True 
False