Lesson test: How an election was actually won

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How an election was actually won

1.[2p]
In the older centuriate scheme, how many of the 193 centuries did the equites and the first property class hold between them?

CorrectNot quite: 98

2.[2p]
Why were the poorest centuries often never polled?

Counting stopped as soon as one side reached a majority, and they voted last

Correct

They were forbidden to enter the Campus Martius

The answer is: Counting stopped as soon as one side reached a majority, and they voted last

Their votes were recorded but weighted at zero

The answer is: Counting stopped as soon as one side reached a majority, and they voted last

A tribune vetoed their participation in most years

The answer is: Counting stopped as soon as one side reached a majority, and they voted last

3.[2p]
The four urban tribes were four of thirty-five. What share of the tribal assembly is that, as a percentage?

CorrectNot quite: 11.4

4.[1p]
A citizen registered in a rural tribe could cast his vote in his home town.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

5.[2p]
Which electioneering handbook, attributed to his brother, was addressed to Cicero in 64 BC?

CorrectNot quite: Commentariolum Petitionis

6.[3p]
Match each term to what it meant.

clientela
nomenclator
contio
ambitus
comitia centuriata

the assembly that elected consuls, voting by property class
the standing obligation between a great man and his followers
the slave who supplied the names of approaching voters
electoral bribery, illegal and repeatedly legislated against
an informal meeting for speeches, with no vote

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clientela: the standing obligation between a great man and his followers nomenclator: the slave who supplied the names of approaching voters contio: an informal meeting for speeches, with no vote ambitus: electoral bribery, illegal and repeatedly legislated against comitia centuriata: the assembly that elected consuls, voting by property class

7.[3p]
Cicero wrote in July 54 BC that interest at Rome had risen from 4 to 8 per cent because of money taken up for the elections. What does this best establish?

That electoral bribery was large enough to move the price of credit in a whole market

Correct

That the Roman economy was in a general depression that year

The answer is: That electoral bribery was large enough to move the price of credit in a whole market

That candidates were required by law to deposit money before standing

The answer is: That electoral bribery was large enough to move the price of credit in a whole market

That the Senate had raised interest rates to discourage bribery

The answer is: That electoral bribery was large enough to move the price of credit in a whole market

8.[3p]
Which of these are true of voting in the Republic?

Select all that apply

Citizens voted inside groups, and the groups were counted rather than the men

Correct

Voting could take place only in Rome itself

Correct

The urban poor were concentrated in four tribes out of thirty-five

Correct

Any citizen could propose a bill directly to the assembly

The answer is: Citizens voted inside groups, and the groups were counted rather than the men, Voting could take place only in Rome itself, The urban poor were concentrated in four tribes out of thirty-five

9.[2p]
What did the electoral system reward most reliably in a candidate?

Distinction in war, followed by games and benefactions the voters remembered

Correct

A written programme of legislation

The answer is: Distinction in war, followed by games and benefactions the voters remembered

Support from the tribunes of the plebs

The answer is: Distinction in war, followed by games and benefactions the voters remembered

Long service in the treasury

The answer is: Distinction in war, followed by games and benefactions the voters remembered

1.[2p] In the older centuriate scheme, how many of the 193 centuries did the equites and the first property class hold between them?

2.[2p] Why were the poorest centuries often never polled?

3.[2p] The four urban tribes were four of thirty-five. What share of the tribal assembly is that, as a percentage?

4.[1p] A citizen registered in a rural tribe could cast his vote in his home town.

5.[2p] Which electioneering handbook, attributed to his brother, was addressed to Cicero in 64 BC?

6.[3p] Match each term to what it meant.

7.[3p] Cicero wrote in July 54 BC that interest at Rome had risen from 4 to 8 per cent because of money taken up for the elections. What does this best establish?

8.[3p] Which of these are true of voting in the Republic?

9.[2p] What did the electoral system reward most reliably in a candidate?

1.[2p]
In the older centuriate scheme, how many of the 193 centuries did the equites and the first property class hold between them?

2.[2p]
Why were the poorest centuries often never polled?

3.[2p]
The four urban tribes were four of thirty-five. What share of the tribal assembly is that, as a percentage?

4.[1p]
A citizen registered in a rural tribe could cast his vote in his home town.

5.[2p]
Which electioneering handbook, attributed to his brother, was addressed to Cicero in 64 BC?

6.[3p]
Match each term to what it meant.

7.[3p]
Cicero wrote in July 54 BC that interest at Rome had risen from 4 to 8 per cent because of money taken up for the elections. What does this best establish?

8.[3p]
Which of these are true of voting in the Republic?

9.[2p]
What did the electoral system reward most reliably in a candidate?