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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Caligula start to become unpopular?
(a) He pushes hundreds of people into the water to drown.
(b) He stops holding games to punish the citizens for booing.
(c) He orders so many holidays that no work can get done.
(d) He begins ordering everyone to wear the color green.

2. Where do the looting soldiers find Claudius?
(a) Eating luncheon in the Palace
(b) Taking a bath in his rooms
(c) Hiding behind a curtain
(d) Reading books in a library

3. How does the Senate react to Tiberius's denouncement of Agrippina and Nero?
(a) They immediately order punishment.
(b) They rise up and refuse to accept it.
(c) They hold a long debate on the issue.
(d) They are shocked into silence.

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

5. How does Tiberius propose rewarding Sejanus for breaking the Leek Green party?
(a) Naming him his successor
(b) Marrying him to Livilla
(c) Marrying him to Livilla's daughter
(d) Giving him a large pension

6. What does Urgulania tell Claudius about her future?
(a) She is going to marry a senator.
(b) She will see Claudius become emperor.
(c) She is due to die this year.
(d) Her granddaughter will marry the emperor.

7. What trick does Caligula use to cheer Tiberius up?
(a) He tells Tiberius about some new sexual practice.
(b) He presents Tiberius with another virgin to violate.
(c) He suggests some new person Tiberius can execute.
(d) He tells Tiberius bawdy stories from the solider camps.

8. What does Livia tell Claudius about himself?
(a) That he is going to become a God
(b) That he is going to kill Tiberius
(c) That he is going to conquer Britain
(d) That he is going to avenge Caligula's death

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

10. What does Caligula make his sisters do to earn their keep?
(a) Sing and dance at the theater
(b) Go out begging on the streets
(c) Prostitute themselves to wealthy noblemen
(d) Make tapestries and pots to sell

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

12. What happens to Nero's brother, Drusus?
(a) He is imprisoned in an attic in the Palace.
(b) He is banished to a very small, rocky island.
(c) He becomes one of Tiberius's trusted advisors.
(d) He is told to take command of the troops in Germany.

13. How did Afer escape death when he was tried by Caligula for treason?
(a) He left town before the trial started.
(b) He bribed Caligula to deliver a non-guilty verdict.
(c) He flattered Caligula on his oratorical style.
(d) He offered to let Caligula sleep with his wife.

14. Caligula made all the palace men shave their heads because:
(a) He thought it looked better.
(b) Only the Gods can have hair.
(c) He was afraid of lice.
(d) He was going bald himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What class of people did Augustus especially distrust?

2. Cassius Chærea was disgusted when Caligula made him:

3. What does Livia beg Claudius to do for her?

4. What did Caligula promise Cassius Chærea?

5. What does Caligula begin to dread after he tortures Brassus?

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