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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. Vitellius is admired by many of the previous Caesars for his skill at what?
(a) Music.
(b) Art.
(c) Knife fighting.
(d) Chariot driving.

2. Nero knows he cannot beat the Gauls and so he tears what?
(a) His carpets.
(b) His bed linens.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His draperies.

3. The armies of what country do not acknowledge Otho as their leader?
(a) Spain.
(b) Britain.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Germany.

4. How long does Otho govern the place he is banished to?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Ten years.

5. Until Nero's death, Galba never went anywhere without what?
(a) His books.
(b) His sword.
(c) Money.
(d) An escort.

Short Answer Questions

1. Galba had how many wives?

2. Who does Galba choose as an adopted son instead of Otho?

3. When Otho sends his troops to meet Vitellius' troops, where to they think they are going?

4. After an omen saying there will be a civil war, what brings a human hand to Vespasian?

5. Who is believed to have pinched Galba's cheek when he was a child and said, "you too will taste a little power child?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during the eighth month of his reign?

2. How does Otho get to be Nero's confidant?

3. What happens to townships that are slow to receive Galba as Emperor?

4. When do Vespasian's feeling about being unprepared to lead go away?

5. When does Vespasian have time for his friends?

6. Where do Otho's troops think they are going to, when he sends them out of Rome?

7. What is one of the games Nero plays at night when he makes the rounds of the taverns?

8. How did Vespasian offend Nero?

9. What does Nero study in his music lessons?

10. What does Vespasian do in Britain when Claudius is Emperor?

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