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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who spreads the rumor about Lucius?

2. Who helps Servelia make her son rich?

3. What is Caesar's mother's name?

4. What does Ervelia name Caesar's daughter?

5. What inspires the restarted affair between Caesar and Servelia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Servelia tell Caesar to do to punish Cato?

2. How does Julia feel about Brutus, and why?

3. What does Caesar say when Catalus offers him a bribe, and why?

4. What does Caesar think must be changed radically in Rome, at the beginning of the book?

5. What does Aurelia tell Caesar to do when she hears the rumors of his affair?

6. What does Cato do when he learns of his wife's infidelity?

7. What does Clodius do after being robbed?

8. How does Cato get a good reputation with the lower-class Romans?

9. What does Fulvia demand of Clodius after their marriage, and what is Clodius's response to this?

10. How does Julia feel about being used by her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were some of the main ideas about gender roles in this book, and how were they broken or bent by some of the main people?

Essay Topic 2

What were the Vestal Virgins, and how did Caesar's interactions with them change his actions and feelings about certain things?

Essay Topic 3

There were a few different social and political ideals mentioned and discussed in this book. What were some of these ideals, and how did their presence in the book affect the main characters?

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