Question

From Young Folks' History of Rome By Charlotte M. Yonge
1. The Apennine Mountains run like a limb stretching out of the Alps to the south
2. eastward, and on them seems formed that land, shaped somewhat like a leg, which is
3. called Italy. There were several nations living round these hills-the Etruscans, Sabines,
4. and Latins being the chief. The Latins and the Sabines were more alike, and also more
5. like the Greeks. There were a great many settlements of Greeks in the southern parts of
6. Italy, and they learned something from them. They had a great many gods. Every house
7. had its own guardian. These were called Lares, or Penates, and were generally
8. represented as little figures of dogs lying by the hearth, or as brass bars with dogs' heads.
9. This is the reason that the bars, which close in an open hearth, are still called dogs.
10. Whenever there was a meal in the house the master began by pouring out wine to the
11. Lares, and also to his own ancestors, of whom he kept figures; for these natives thought
12. much of their families, and all one family had the same name, like our surname, such as
13. Tullius or Appius, the daughters only changing it by making it end in "a" instead of "us,"
14. and the men having separate names standing first, such as Marcus or Lucius, though their
15. sisters were only numbered to distinguish them

Question 1:
Which definition of "chief" best describes
the way the author uses it in line 4?
A Crucial
B Leader
C Main
D Prime

Question 2:
What conclusion can you draw from lines
6-9?
A Everyday life for Greeks revolved
around worshiping gods.
B Gods were an important part of
the Greek society and life.
C Greeks were a very superstitious
and gullible group of people.
D They were one of a few groups
who believed in many gods.

Question 3:
Based on information from the last three
lines of the passage, it appears that
A men's names were based on
gods.
B names were unisex in ancient
Rome.
C
the naming process varied by
family.
D women were not highly
esteemed.

Question 4:
The author presents the information in
a(n)
A ambiguous way.
B
instructive way.
C
theoretical way.
D dramatic way.

Question 5:
Which phrase from lines 10-11 helps the
author portray that family is important to
these people?
A
"...Meal in the house..."
B
"...Pouring out wine..."
C
"...To his own ancestors..."
D
"...To the Lares...

Answer 1

Here are the answers to the questions based on the provided text from "Young Folks' History of Rome" by Charlotte M. Yonge:

**Question 1:** Which definition of "chief" best describes the way the author uses it in line 4?
**Answer:** C Main

**Question 2:** What conclusion can you draw from lines 6-9?
**Answer:** B Gods were an important part of the Greek society and life.

**Question 3:** Based on information from the last three lines of the passage, it appears that
**Answer:** C the naming process varied by family.

**Question 4:** The author presents the information in a(n)
**Answer:** B instructive way.

**Question 5:** Which phrase from lines 10-11 helps the author portray that family is important to these people?
**Answer:** C "...To his own ancestors..."