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

2. How does Caligula react to Cassius's story of a German ambush?
(a) He declares the story untrue.
(b) He scoffs at Cassius.
(c) He runs away in terror.
(d) He re-enacts it the next day.

3. Why did Tiberius not visit his son, Castor, before Castor's death?
(a) Sejanus warned him that it might be a trap to assassinate him.
(b) Thrasyllus warned him against making any trips that week.
(c) He thought Castor was making up the illness to get sympathy.
(d) Livia told him that it would look bad if he favored his son.

4. Who is Claudius surprised to find in his bedroom?
(a) His wife, Urgulanilla
(b) His nephew, Caligula
(c) A hired assassin
(d) His brother's wife

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Urgulania tell Claudius about her future?

2. What name did Caligula start using in his divine form?

3. Which crime did Caligula reinstate as a capital crime?

4. What does Claudius miss most when he is staying in Carthage?

5. What condition does Claudius demand of Livia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Livia play up the rivalry between Sejanus and Castor to Tiberius?

2. Why does Agrippina become alienated from Claudius?

3. What reason does Livia give for Tiberius making Caligula his successor?

4. How does the actor, Mnester, prevent a massacre?

5. Describe Claudius's relationship with his wife, Urgulanilla.

6. What does Cassius threaten to do if the other conspirators refuse to go through with the plot?

7. How does Antonia discover the plot against Tiberius?

8. Why does Claudius advise Agrippina to make friends with Nerva and Vipsania?

9. What advice does Calpurnia give Claudius about his position in the palace?

10. Who are the only male Claudians left by the time Tiberius dies?

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