Education in the Roman world

Question 1

Other than by listening or reciting, how would students study the famous works of literature?

Accepted Answer

they memorized them.

Question 2

How long was a school day?

Accepted Answer

6 hours with a short midday break

Question 3

What were the duties of a paedogogus?

Accepted Answer

both the behavior and protection of their "charge"

Question 4

What was used to write on papyrus?

Accepted Answer

quill and ink

Question 5

Describe the discipline in a school.

Accepted Answer

strict and harsh

Question 6

Which term is the thin stick of metal, bone, or ivory?

Accepted Answer

stilus

Question 7

What did the children learn before formal education?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 8

How much did an education cost?

Accepted Answer

a small fee

Question 9

Who was famous for writing the Iliad and the Odyssey in Greek?

Accepted Answer

Homer

Question 10

What was the purpose of ordinary Roman schools?

Accepted Answer

Teach only what is necessary for civilized living

Question 11

When did the students have holidays?

Accepted Answer

festivals, market days, and summer

Question 12

At what age did the second stage of education begin?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 13

Who were famous Roman poets?

Accepted Answer

Vergil and Horace

Question 14

What did upper-class girls NOT learn?

Accepted Answer

learn to write poetry

Question 15

In which way would a Roman NOT use his skills in school?

Accepted Answer

They went into the theater

Question 16

At what age did formal education begin?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 17

Who were famous Greek playwrights?

Accepted Answer

Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripedes

Question 18

What two other subjects were taught during the second stage?

Accepted Answer

history and geography

Question 19

What was the teacher:student ratio for the first stage of school?

Accepted Answer

1:30

Question 20

How would a student learn technical skills?

Accepted Answer

By becoming an apprentice to a tradesman.

Question 21

Why was it important to know Greek?

Accepted Answer

all of the above.

Question 22

What was the name of the teacher during the second stage?

Accepted Answer

grammaticus

Question 23

Which term is the wooden tablet coated with wax?

Accepted Answer

tabulae or cera

Question 24

What's the name of the teacher of the first stage of education?

Accepted Answer

ludi magister

Question 25

Which term is the type of material that came from Egyptian reeds?

Accepted Answer

papyrus

Question 26

When would a pupil leave a grammaticus?

Accepted Answer

15 or 16

Question 27

What was the name of the teacher of the third stage?

Accepted Answer

rhetor

Question 28

How often did girls join boys in the schooling environment?

Accepted Answer

sometimes

Question 29

What was ink made from in the ancient world?

Accepted Answer

soot

Question 30

Which students learned science in formal education?

Accepted Answer

Only those who have wealthy parents that pay money.

Question 31

Where was education conducted often for upper-class girls?

Accepted Answer

at home with a tutor

Question 32

What two things did pupils learn during the third stage?

Accepted Answer

literature and public speaking

Question 33

What skill was NOT taught in ordinary schools?

Accepted Answer

science

Question 34

How did students work in school?

Accepted Answer

they sat on benches, and used their knees as a desk

Question 35

Why would parents want their children to go to school?

Accepted Answer

reading and writing were seen as valuable.

Question 36

From whom did children learn before the age of 7?

Accepted Answer

their mother

Question 37

True/False: Roman children are required to attend school.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

Describe the Roman classroom

Accepted Answer

noisy with lots of distractions

Question 39

What thing did pupils NOT learn from the ludi magister?

Accepted Answer

how to cook

Education in the Roman world

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Education in the Roman world

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