Choose the appropriate response to the sentences, based on the reading at the end of the chapter.


1	Roman women on the farm had a ____ life.
		carefree
		easy
		hard
		urbane


2	Daughters would _________________.
		be sent to Rome
		help their fathers and brothers
		help their mothers
		not need to help in the household
		only watch the slaves

3	Which of the following would a Roman woman probably NOT do?
		cook
		fetch water for the household
		learn a trade at school
		spin
		weave

4	What was the earliest age Roman girls could be legally married? (even though most probably were not married by then.)
		9
		10
		12
		14
		16

5	What was the earliest age Roman boys could be legally married? (even though most probably were not married by then.)
		10
		14
		18
		20
		25

6	Marriages were usually arranged by ____.
		the couple in love
		the parents of the couple
		the grandparents of the couple
		the emperor


7	The life of a woman in Rome was __________ it has been for most other women in the West until this century.
		easier than
		harder than
		about the same as
		not at all comparable to how


8	A Roman woman, especially the mother of the household (the matrona), was usually treated ______ in Rome.
		harshly
		with respect
		as a slave
		as an equal to men
		as a goddess

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