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A child is born and the father does not pick up the child. What happens with the baby?
The baby is disowned and not apart of the family.
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A family is very busy and decides to not go to church on the religious practice day. Who did they fail to meet an obligation for?
The gods.
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The Smith family's youngest children have all been married off. However, the grandparents and cousins of the Smith family want to live alone and in a different home. Would this be uncommon or common?
This would be uncommon because families lived together under one roof.
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The Paterfamilias passes away. There are two sons, one is the oldest of the family and one is the youngest. There is a middle child who is a female. Who takes over as the Paterfamilias?
The oldest son.
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A woman loses her virginity to someone other than her husband. Her husband decides to leave her. She argues that he cannot leave her because he, too, is not a virgin. Are her reasons justified/is she correct? Why or why not?
No, she is not correct. A husband was not forced to keep his virginity and could have relationships with prostitutes.
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There are two marriages that happen in the same year. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have a child soon after their marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery do not have a child for another five years after the Smiths have a child. Who is considered the more successful family? Why or why not?
The Smiths are considered the more successful family because they produced children earlier than the Montgomery husband and wife did.
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A woman only wants to have one child. Her husband demands that she must have more than one. Why would the husband want more than one child?
Many of her children may not make it to adulthood so you should always have at least one to carry on the name in case something were to happen.
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An ancestor of the Smith family has high political status and is very respected throughout the Roman empire. Would this carry on to their children and grandchildren or would that respect and status have to be re-earned?
The members of the family would receive this same respect and status because ancestors established these types of stability and it would be passed down.
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Over 100 Plebeian families have confarreatio marriages with a ceremony and witnesses. What is wrong with this scenario?
Plebeian families didn't have confarreatio marriages. Plebeian families often had Coemptio marriages.
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A mother gives birth to a child but soon passes away due to complications with childbirth. Who will now be the mother figure to these children? A father has three children. The father has a high political status. One of his children commits a crime that could negatively impact their father's position. What would the father likely do to maintain his status?
The wet nurses.
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The Roman army has a weapon that they have been using for many years and has brought them great success. A new weapon that serves a similar purpose but is slightly more advanced is introduced. Which weapon would the Romans be more prone to use? Why?
The old weapon because they treasured the antiquity value of the object. Old meant that it was good because it was tested by experience.
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A family of six were given rewards and positive status. What is the most likely reason for this?
A family with three or more children was rewarded often during Roman times.
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A father has three children. The father has a high political status. One of his children commits a crime that could negatively impact their father's position. What would the father likely do to maintain his status?
Disown or kill the child.
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The Smith family has had a common tradition passed down throughout the generations of having dessert every night. The Montgomery family argues with this tradition and both families get into a debate. What side will the Smith family favor: Following the old tradition or beginning a new one?
The Smith family will probably argue to continue their old tradition. This will be the case because Romans believed that their traditions were passed down to them by ancestors and the family would want to respect those before them by continuing the customs.
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A woman is bought by a man under a marriage. She is under full control of his demands. When the man talks to his friends about the marriage, he calls it an Usus marriage. Is he correct or incorrect? Why or why not?
This man is incorrect because an Usus marriage is a marriage with mutual consent. A coemptio marriage is when a man buys the wife and she is under his control.
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