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Quiz for Working with Evidence: Pompeii as a Window on the Roman World

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Which of the following can reasonably be inferred concerning the female figure in Terentius Neo and His Wife (Source 5.1)?

That her name was Terentius as well

That she was literate but her husband was not

That she held an elite status

That she was active in the public life of Pompeii

1. Which of the following can reasonably be inferred concerning the female figure in Terentius Neo and His Wife (Source 5.1)?

2. Slaves are featured prominently in which Source?

Terentius Neo and His Wife (Source 5.1)

A Pompeii Banquet (Source 5.2)

Scenes in a Pompeii Tavern (Source 5.3)

A Domestic Shrine (Source 5.4)

2. Slaves are featured prominently in which Source?

3. Which of the following statements about the role of women in Roman taverns is supported by Scenes in a Pompeii Tavern (Source 5.3)?

Women played prominent roles as workers in taverns.

Women were largely excluded from this male-dominated recreational space.

Women owned many of the taverns in the Roman world.

Women were officially banned from taverns, although some still worked as prostitutes in rooms separated from the main drinking area.

3. Which of the following statements about the role of women in Roman taverns is supported by Scenes in a Pompeii Tavern (Source 5.3)?

4. What does the central figure in A Domestic Shrine (Source 5.4) depict?

A Christian saint

A lare, or domestic spirit charged with guarding the house

The god Dionysus

The spirit of the male head of household

4. What does the central figure in A Domestic Shrine (Source 5.4) depict?

5. Which of the following best describes the female figure kneeling in Mystery Religions: The Cult of Dionysus (Source 5.5)?

She is the priestess leading the ceremony.

She represents the goddess Dionysus.

She is in the process of being initiated into the cult.

She is the slave about to be ritually sacrificed.

5. Which of the following best describes the female figure kneeling in Mystery Religions: The Cult of Dionysus (Source 5.5)?