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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Tiberius live once he left Rome?
(a) In the town of Lyons
(b) On the island of Capri
(c) In a villa in Pompeii
(d) In the city of Capua

2. What does Livia call Caligula?
(a) Very handsome
(b) A monster
(c) An artist
(d) A sweetheart

3. What does Calpurnia ask Claudius for instead of presents?
(a) That he buy more cows for the farm
(b) To marry her and make her honest
(c) The equivalent in cash
(d) That he save his money instead

4. What condition does Claudius demand of Livia?
(a) That she promise to continue protecting Agrippina
(b) That she tell him the truth about her crimes
(c) That she keep Tiberius in check by opposing him
(d) That she help him to divorce his new wife

5. Agrippina asks Tiberius for permission to marry who?
(a) Her brother-in-law, Claudius
(b) Tiberius's mocker, Gallus
(c) The honored general, Blæasus
(d) Tiberius's adviser, Sejanus

6. What does Livia tell Claudius about her own death?
(a) That she knows the very day she will die
(b) That she wants him to plan her funeral
(c) That she is planning to commit suicide
(d) That she will be murdered by Tiberius

7. What does Sejanus advise Claudius not to do?
(a) Get married again too soon
(b) Divorce his wife Urgulanilla
(c) Bet on the Leek Green chariot team
(d) Spend too much time with Agrippina

8. What does Livia beg Claudius to do for her?
(a) Protect her great-grandchildren
(b) Tell the true history of Rome
(c) Make sure she is deified
(d) Restore the Republic

9. With Tiberius gone, who was left in charge of the Roman Empire?
(a) Caligula
(b) Nero
(c) Sejanus
(d) Livia

10. What name did Caligula start using in his divine form?
(a) Julius
(b) Jupiter
(c) Jove
(d) Juno

11. What does Livia do to embarrass Tiberius?
(a) Denounces him in front of the Senate
(b) Gives a public reading of Augustus's letters
(c) Hires an actor to caracature him in public
(d) Publishes his love letters to Vispania

12. What, according to Sejanus, is the Leek Green Party?
(a) An event to which Tiberius was not invited
(b) A secret group of skilled assassins
(c) A political faction led by Agrippina
(d) Livia's network of senator's wives

13. Caligula amuses the populace by using what class of people as sword-fighters?
(a) Prisoners of war from Germany
(b) Former Senators and their wives
(c) Hostages from foreign lands
(d) People who cannot pay their debts

14. Who does Caligula marry Claudius to?
(a) Messalina
(b) Calpurnia
(c) Agrippinilla
(d) Ganymede

15. The Senator Incitatus was:
(a) An actor who made fun of Senators
(b) Caligula's favorite race horse
(c) Senator Gallus's nephew
(d) The first non-Roman Senator

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warns Claudius about the draining of the treasury?

2. Why do the soldiers need a new emperor?

3. What was the outcome of Senator Gallus's trial?

4. Where was Claudius when Caligula was assassinated?

5. What finally happens to Tiberius's body?

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