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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 Livia demand Tiberius to do with the letter from his brother, Drusus?
(a) Send it back unread
(b) Throw it into the fire
(c) Send it to Augustus
(d) Read it aloud immediately

2. What is a Triumvirate?
(a) A celebration that takes place after a war
(b) A type of clothing worn by important statesmen
(c) A chariot that was invented by the Romans
(d) A group of three men who rule a government

3. Name all of Julia's husbands.
(a) Agrippa, Tiberius, and Drusus
(b) Marcellus and Drusus
(c) Marcellus, Agrippa, and Tiberius
(d) Agrippa and Tiberius

4. What does the name "Caligula" mean?
(a) Little Dancer
(b) Little Emperor
(c) Little General
(d) Little Boots

5. What language does Claudius use to write his autobiography?
(a) Greek
(b) Hebrew
(c) Latin
(d) English

Short Answer Questions

1. Claudius is the biological grandson of:

2. What does Pollio bet Livy that Claudius is reading?

3. What does Germanicus tell his soldiers about the German fighters?

4. What really happened to Postumus?

5. Who is assumed to become Augustus's successor when he dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tiberius react to Germanicus's loyal quelling of the troop revolts?

3. Why does Augustus refuse to eat or drink anything but bread, water, and figs straight from the tree?

4. How does Germanicus keep the Roman regiments from revolting?

5. Why does Livia not expose Drusus's plan to dethrone Augustus?

6. What criticism does Pollio make about Livy?

7. Why is it better for Claudius that Livia thinks he is an idiot?

8. What does Livia do to bring Tiberius back to Rome?

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

10. What book does Claudius write after finishing his history on Augustus's religious reforms?

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