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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. Which two people did Claudius advise Agrippina to cultivate as friends?
(a) Nerva and Vispania
(b) Nerva and Thrasyllus
(c) Sejanus and Thrasyllus
(d) Sejanus and Livia
2. How did Caligula raise funds in France?
(a) He raided the houses of all the wealthy landowners.
(b) He held an auction and sold off the royal family's goods.
(c) He executed the most wealthy locals for treason.
(d) He raised the local taxes by three hundred percent.
3. What does Livia do to embarrass Tiberius?
(a) Hires an actor to caracature him in public
(b) Gives a public reading of Augustus's letters
(c) Denounces him in front of the Senate
(d) Publishes his love letters to Vispania
4. Who warns Claudius about the draining of the treasury?
(a) Antonia
(b) Macro
(c) Caligula
(d) Calpurnia
5. What does Livia ask Plancina to do?
(a) Persuade Piso to kill himself before the trial ends
(b) To leave Rome and return to Syria after Piso's death
(c) Use her witchcraft to kill Agrippina and her children
(d) Get the incriminating letter that Livia wrote to Piso
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Claudius surprised to find in his bedroom?
2. Who does Caligula marry Claudius to?
3. What disturbs Claudius about Caligula?
4. How does Tiberius lose his friend, Nerva?
5. How does Tiberius propose rewarding Sejanus for breaking the Leek Green party?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Claudius advise Agrippina to make friends with Nerva and Vipsania?
2. Why does Agrippina become alienated from Claudius?
3. How does Claudius save the lives of the three noblemen who accompany him to Lyons?
4. How does the actor, Mnester, prevent a massacre?
5. What advice does Calpurnia give Claudius about his position in the palace?
6. How does Antonia discover the plot against Tiberius?
7. Who are the only male Claudians left by the time Tiberius dies?
8. What does Cassius threaten to do if the other conspirators refuse to go through with the plot?
9. What makes Germanicus happy about being appointed to oversee the eastern provinces?
10. How does Caligula manage to ride a horse across the Bay of Baiæ?
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