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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. According to the article, who set order back to Rome?

a. the Roman Republic b. Octavian
c. Augustus d. the women of Rome

2. What information was given first in the article?

a. Women also enjoyed more freedom at the time of the empire.
b. Many women from prominent senatorial families also gained political
power and influenced Roman politics.

c. Octavian also believed that only a strong single ruler could restore order in
Rome.
d. Julius Caesar was the last dictator of the Roman Republic.

3. What happened after the assassination of Julius Caesar?

a. Octavian quickly emerged as the new leader of Rome.
b. Caesar’s supporters and the opposing nobles fought.
c. Pax Romana began.
d. none of the above

4. What was the difference between the Roman Republic and the Roman
Empire?
a. Roman Republic gave more freedom to women.

b. The families in the Roman Republic were less disciplined.
c. Octavian was the leader in the Roman Empire.
d. Roman Republic, under the rule of Julius Caesar experienced Pax

Romana.

5. What would have happened if Octavian was not victorious during the
bloody struggle?

a. Rome wouldn’t have experienced 200 years of peace.
b. Rome as a country would have collapsed.
c. Rome would have waged war against the Greeks.
d. Julius Caesar would have been the new leader.

6. Which sentence uses the word emerged in the same way it is used in
the article?
a. The tad pole emerged as a frog.
b. The baby emerged from the womb.

c. The team finally emerged as the winners.
d. The ship emerged from the fog.

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