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- 1. Multiple Choice
One reason Hammurabi's Code is famous is that
it was the most recent set of laws to be recorded in writing
it was written in a sophisticated code that took years for scholars to translate
it was one of the first written laws that was on a single, giant stone of polished black basalt or diorite stele
it was the first set of laws to rhyme, probably to help people remember them
- 2. Multiple Choice
How was Hammurabi's Code displayed?
Scholars aren't sure, but many believe the laws were kept secret and now enforced.
The laws were placed so that all people could see them
The laws were carved into hundreds of different stones and placed along the road to the city
Nobody knows because the original Code was completely destroyed by invaders.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following lines come from Hammurabi's Code?
"A child that swims in the Euphrates shall be killed"
"No person shall hold meetings in the City at night"
"If a husband desires to divorce his wife, and dissolve his marriage, he must give a reason for doing so"
"If a man knocks out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out"
- 4. Multiple Choice
According to Hammurabi's Code, what happens if a man puts out a slave's eye?
The man must loose his own eye
The man must trade the slave for one of his own slaves
The man must be clubbed to death
The man must pay one-half of the slave's value
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a TRUE statement?
Hammurabi's Code contained 282 brief and strict laws
Hammurabi's Code contained merciful laws that went against the idea of retribution
Hammurabi's Code listed all the rights that a person had
Hammurabi's Code formed the basis of the constitution of the Roman Republic
- 6. Multiple Choice
Rome's Twelve Tables were written down because
the upper class wanted a legal way to punish their slaves
the plebeians convinced the Republic's leaders that everyone should know the laws
the Roman Republic was crumbling and the council wanted to restore order
the constitution of the Roman Republic needed to be amended
- 7. Multiple Choice
Scholars believe that the Twelve Tables
rhymed to help people remember them
listed all the rights a person had
were destroyed by plebeians in an uprising
were written on a single eight-foot stone
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following lines come from Rome's Twelve Tables?
"If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out"
"If a woman leaves her husband and ruins her house, this woman shall be cast into the water"
"A dreadfully deformed child shall be killed"
"If a man knocks out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out"
- 9. Multiple Choice
According to the Twelve Tables, a woman
becomes a Roman citizen when she reaches adulthood
is freed from male guardianship when she reaches adulthood
is considered more intelligent than a man
remains in the guardianship of a man even as an adult
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a FALSE statement?
The Twelve Tables were destroyed during an invasion of Rome
The Twelve Tables contained strict laws and harsh penalties
The Twelve Tables featured an image of the king of Babylon
The Twelve Tables formed the basis of the constitution of the Roman Republic
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