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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. How does Caligula react to Cassius's story of a German ambush?
(a) He scoffs at Cassius.
(b) He declares the story untrue.
(c) He runs away in terror.
(d) He re-enacts it the next day.
2. Where do the looting soldiers find Claudius?
(a) Reading books in a library
(b) Eating luncheon in the Palace
(c) Taking a bath in his rooms
(d) Hiding behind a curtain
3. In a speech about Tiberius to the Senate, Caligula:
(a) Pleads for forgiveness from Tiberius
(b) Declares Tiberius to be a God
(c) Calls them cowards and traitors
(d) Executes a Senator for coughing
4. One of Caligula's first acts is to:
(a) Dissolve the Senate
(b) Declare war on Carthage
(c) Declare a general amnesty
(d) Make his grandmother a Goddess
5. The Senator Incitatus was:
(a) Caligula's favorite race horse
(b) Senator Gallus's nephew
(c) An actor who made fun of Senators
(d) The first non-Roman Senator
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to Nero's brother, Drusus?
2. Who persuades Claudius to accept the position?
3. What does Livia tell Claudius about her own death?
4. How did Antonia die?
5. What does Sejanus advise Claudius not to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Calpurnia help Claudius avoid being tried for treason during Caligula's reign?
2. What does Messalina tell Claudius about becoming emperor?
3. Who are the only male Claudians left by the time Tiberius dies?
4. How does a lizard foretell Tiberius's death?
5. What metaphor does Claudius use to describe Tiberius's rule?
6. How does Tiberius get rid of Sejanus?
7. How does Caligula manage to ride a horse across the Bay of BaiƦ?
8. What letter does Livia read to Tiberius to keep him under control?
9. What makes Germanicus happy about being appointed to oversee the eastern provinces?
10. What does Cassius threaten to do if the other conspirators refuse to go through with the plot?
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