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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Drusus urge Tiberius to do in his letter?
(a) Support Augustus through the civil unrest
(b) Leave Julia and marry the woman he loves
(c) Oppose Augustus and restore the Republic
(d) Come back to Germany and help fight

2. Why does Claudius become engaged to Urgulanilla?
(a) As a favor to Livia's friend
(b) It gives him more political status
(c) Augustus asks him to marry her
(d) He falls in love with her

3. What does Augustus do when he discovers that Julia is having sexual affairs?
(a) He asks her to join the Vestals.
(b) He orders Tiberius to return at once.
(c) He orders her to be banished from Rome.
(d) He helps her divorce Tiberius and remarry.

4. The key to Livia and Augustus's higher cipher was found in the first chapter of. . .
(a) Ovid's Love Poems.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) Virgil's Æneid.
(d) The Iliad.

5. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?
(a) He wants to do research at the Library at Alexandria.
(b) His nephews beg him to help them remove their governor.
(c) He feels that he would be happier living outside of Rome.
(d) He was framed by Livia for insurrection and banished.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to marry Julia, Tiberius must first. . .

2. How does Postumus send word to Claudius that he is alive?

3. What do the eagles drop into Claudius's gown?

4. What is Pollio's profession?

5. Why does Claudius become his mother's guardian?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Livia target Julilla and her unborn child?

2. How is Claudius related to Augustus Caesar?

3. What argument does Tiberius use with Germanicus to get him to return to Rome?

4. What praise does Claudius give to his grandmother, Livia?

5. Why does Tiberius need Livia's help in running the government?

6. Why does Livia make sure that Claudius is gone while Germanicus is in Rome?

7. What is deification?

8. What does the nobleman predict will happen based on Claudius catching the wolf cub?

9. What criticism does Pollio make about Livy?

10. How does Claudius investigate Pollio's charge that Livia murdered his father?

(see the answer keys)

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