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Test Your Knowledge with Mr. Posey's R&R quiz

 


Answer the following questions based on your understanding of the Romulus and Remus myth and the beginnings of Rome.

1. Who is the father of Romulus and Remus?

Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Neptune

2. Who is Romulus and Remus' mother?

Rhea Silva
Thetis
Venus
Arachne

3. Who is the shepard who find and rears the twins?

Metellus
Diomedes
Faustulus
Numitor

4. What is the most common artistic representation of Romulus and Remus?

two young men looking at the sky for auspices
two teenagers riding a bull
two babies suckling at a she-wolf
two young men capturing a goat

5. What is the date attributed to Rome's founding?

735 B.C.
563 B.C.
373 B.C.
753 B.C.

6. On which hill did Romulus build the city of Rome?

Palatine
Quirinal
Aventine
Capitoline

7. With what instrument did Romulus mark out the boundaries of Rome?

stick
plow
wagon
sword

8. By which river's shore did the shepard find Romulus and Remus?

Po
Amazon
Tiber
Nile

9. Which titles would best describe Romulus and Remus' parents?

god of war, muse
god of war, vestal virgin
god of wine, muse
god of the underworld, nymph

10. What is the name of the evil king that ordered Romulus and Remus' death?

Priam
Midas
Numitor
Amulius


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