1. "Only a fool would go out to dinner without having made his will" refers to which
ancient city?
a. Athens
b. Byzantium
c. Rome*
d. Sumeria
2. Which of the following ancient police forces also served in a firefighting capacity?
a. the Urban Cohort
b. the Praetorian Guard
c. the Klingon Legion
d. the Vigiles*
3. In ancient society treason was typically punished with
a. the death penalty*
b. imprisonment
c. corporal punishment
d. banishment
4. The wergild
a. was used to gain confessions from heretics*
b. was a form of compensation paid by the accused to a victim
c. encouraged revenge by the victim's family
d. was a Roman innovation
5. Death by the drinking of hemlock
a. was the main means of execution in Rome
b. was the most merciful form of execution in Athens*
c. was instituted by Constantine
d. was not allowed by the Greeks because it is suicide
6. The first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity was
a. Diocletian
b. Justinian
c. Augustus
d. Constantine*
7. Which law code is least likely to prescribe torture for punishment?
a. Draco's
b. Roman
c. Mosaic*
d. Constantine's
,8. In an Athenian trial the jury voted
a. 1 time
b. 2 times*
c. 3 times
d. none of the above
9. Which law code is inspired by God?
a. Babylonian
b. Greek
c. Mosaic*
d. Roman
10. All of the following are true concerning Athenian capital punishment except
a. they threw individuals off of the Tarpein Rock*
b. they used the Barathron
c. they used hemlock
d. convicts were usually executed within 24 hours
11. Which law code became synonomous for severe law giver?
a. Hammurabi's Code
b. Draco's Code*
c. Delphic law
d. Justinian's Code
12. The Court of Areopagus
a. was a major step toward the distinction between criminal from civil law*
b. was of little significance
c. broke the power of the nobles
d. pronounced sentence on Socrates
13. In the evolution of law from custom which stage came first?
a. courts
b. fines
c. revenge*
d. ordeals
14. In Biblical Israel which form of homicide was permissable?
a. in warfare*
b. blood feuds
c. manslaughter
d. revenge
, 15. Which emperor introduced organized policing to Rome?
a. Justinian
b. Constantine
c. Augustus*
d. Julius Caesar
16. The "law of the goring ox" represents one of the first
a. distinctions between civil and criminal law
b. liability laws*
c. attempts at law codification
d. none of the above
17. In which culture could a defendant remain free until trial?
a. Rome
b. Athens*
c. Israel
d. Islamic
18. In which culture was law identified with the consensus of the people?
a. Babylonia
b. Athens*
c. Rome
d. Israel
19. The first five books of the Hebrew Bible are known collectively as the
a. Digest
b. Koran
c. New Testament
d. Pentateuch*
20. Which civilization is credited with creating cuneiform writing?
a. Egypt
b. Sumeria*
c. Athens
d. Jerusalem
21. "A man caught looting during a fire is cast into it" reflects which law code that takes a
very literal view of accountability?
a. Mosaic
b. Hammurabi's*
c. the Sharia
d. Justinian's Code
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