Self-Evaluation Quiz

Cuestionario SCORM
What was a gnomon?

a Greek water clock.
a Greek sand clock.
a Greek sun clock.

Who ordered the Aegyptian Sosigenes to create a new calendar, which is ours with very few differences?

Ptolemy
Julius Caesar
Augustus

What time did the Athenians attend different citizen meetings (boule, ecclesia, courts)?

after dawn
in the morning
at noon

What was the salutatio?

the ceremony of the bath
it is the Roman name for a little nap
the ceremony in which the wealthy received their clients, who were entrusted with different tasks.

What did the hanging of an olive branch at the front door announce in Ancient Greece?

the birth of a boy
a marriage
the birth of a girl

Who belonged to a Roman family?

the paterfamilias, the mother and the children
the paterfamilias, the mother, the children and all the relatives living in the same house
the paterfamilias and all the people under his authority in the same house, including the slaves

If you were 18 years old, where could you study rhetoric?

in Athens
in Athens and Rome
in Rome

In what society  was the State in charge of education?

Sparta
Athens
Rome

What piece of clothing is Demosthenes wearing?

 


exomis
himation
chiton

What was the garum?

a Roman wine
honey from Greece
a Roman sauce

What was the maximum capacity of a triclinium?

eight people
nine people
twelve people

The Olympic pentathlon consisted of discus, javelin, long jump, running and...

wrestling
boxing
chariot racing

What was the hypocaustus?

a room with a hot bath
a warm room
a system of central heating / underfloor heating

What was the name of the starting gates in an amphitheatre?

spina
carceres
cavea

What gladiator combated with a curved scimitar and round shield?

Thracian
Samnite
Murmillo