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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Pollio and Livy argue about?

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

3. What does Tiberius tell the senate about Postumus?

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

5. Sejanus persuaded Tiberius to. . .

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Pollio imply about the death of Claudius's grandfather?

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

5. How does Claudius describe Urgulanilla?

6. How does Livia get rid of Postumus?

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

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

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

10. How is Claudius related to Augustus Caesar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

George Washington has often been compared to Augustus Caesar. Make a comparison of the two historical figures. How were they similar and how were they different?

Essay Topic 2

Historical fiction is a blend of fact and imagination. Write a paper pointing out when Robert Graves is basing his story on fact and when he is allowing himself to imagine what might have happened.

Essay Topic 3

How different was the Roman army to our military? Write an essay comparing the two.

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