Each aspect of the Roman Republic was written down in a Constitution.
Answer
True
False
Question 2
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The first, or lowest office in the Cursus Honorum was [blank_start]quaestor[blank_end].
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quaestor
praetor
consul
tribune
Question 3
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The [blank_start]quaestors[blank_end] were in charge of [blank_start]finances[blank_end]. The next office in the sequence was [blank_start]praetor[blank_end]. These officers were in charge of the [blank_start]courts[blank_end]
Answer
quaestors
praetors
consuls
tribunes
censors
finances
law courts
calling assemblies
the army
praetor
quaestor
consul
tribune
courts
financial matters
leading the army
calling the senate to order
Question 4
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There were three identifying characteristics of offices in the Roman Repubic: [blank_start]officers were not paid[blank_end], the term was always [blank_start]one year,[blank_end] and [blank_start]officers always had colleagues[blank_end].
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officers were not paid
the term was three years
offices were always held alone
You had to wear a toga to hold them
one year,
three years
six months
four years
officers always had colleagues
offices were held alone
you had to be appointed
your toga had a purple stripe
Question 5
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Two extraordinary offices were:
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dictator
censor
praetor
quaestor
aedile
Question 6
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To run for quaester, you had to be [blank_start]32[blank_end] years old.
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32
42
39
21
Question 7
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To run for Praetor, you had to be [blank_start]39[blank_end] years old.
Answer
39
32
42
21
57
Question 8
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To be eligible for the office of Consul, you had to be [blank_start]42[blank_end] years old.
Answer
42
32
39
65
21
Question 9
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To be a Tribune, you had to be a plebeian.
Answer
True
False
Question 10
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Characteristics/features of the office of consul included:
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There were always two.
In the later Republic, one consul had to be plebeian.
Consuls traded months being in charge of the government, and serving as general in the army.
Consuls couldn't call the senate to meet.
You could be consul without having held any other public office.