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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why did neither Tiberius or Livia attend the Roman funeral for Germanicus?
(a) They would have been attacked by the people there.
(b) They were too grief-stricken by his death.
(c) They were busy reviewing the annual tax records.
(d) They did not want to encounter his wife, Agrippina.
2. Why did Tiberius allow Agrippina to remain alive and free?
(a) She was the mother of his grandchildren.
(b) He was hoping she would consent to marry him.
(c) She was still under Livia's protection.
(d) He still had warm feelings for Germanicus.
3. Caligula amuses the populace by using what class of people as sword-fighters?
(a) People who cannot pay their debts
(b) Hostages from foreign lands
(c) Former Senators and their wives
(d) Prisoners of war from Germany
4. What does Antonia do after speaking to Caligula about Gemellus's death?
(a) Speak to the Senate
(b) Write to Claudius
(c) Sell her furniture
(d) Commit suicide
5. What, according to Sejanus, is the Leek Green Party?
(a) A political faction led by Agrippina
(b) An event to which Tiberius was not invited
(c) A secret group of skilled assassins
(d) Livia's network of senator's wives
6. What does Livia tell Claudius about her own death?
(a) That she knows the very day she will die
(b) That she wants him to plan her funeral
(c) That she is planning to commit suicide
(d) That she will be murdered by Tiberius
7. Who wrote most of the satiric songs and poems about Tiberius?
(a) Claudius
(b) Agrippina
(c) Livia
(d) Castor
8. What did the oracle at the Temple of Fortune tell Caligula?
(a) Beware of Cassius.
(b) Fear the Tiger!
(c) Do not perform in public.
(d) You will be safe in Eqypt.
9. How does the Senate react to Tiberius's denouncement of Agrippina and Nero?
(a) They hold a long debate on the issue.
(b) They are shocked into silence.
(c) They immediately order punishment.
(d) They rise up and refuse to accept it.
10. What does Livia call Caligula?
(a) Very handsome
(b) A monster
(c) An artist
(d) A sweetheart
11. What class of people did Augustus especially distrust?
(a) Senators
(b) Generals
(c) Traitors
(d) Informers
12. What happened to Martina, the chief witness against Piso and Plancina?
(a) Livia sent her away to an island.
(b) She was killed by agents of Sejanus.
(c) She was bribed to perjure herself.
(d) She killed herself in her cell.
13. Who persuades Claudius to accept the position?
(a) Vitellius
(b) Calpurnia
(c) Caesonia
(d) Messalina
14. What does Caligula make his sisters do to earn their keep?
(a) Sing and dance at the theater
(b) Make tapestries and pots to sell
(c) Go out begging on the streets
(d) Prostitute themselves to wealthy noblemen
15. What does Germanicus fear Plancina is doing?
(a) Undermining Agrippina's authority
(b) Stealing money from the treasury
(c) Practicing witchcraft against him
(d) Corrupting his children's discipline
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Claudius advise the old Sergeant to do?
2. What number did Germanicus consider especially unlucky?
3. What does Calpurnia ask Claudius for instead of presents?
4. How does Tiberius propose rewarding Sejanus for breaking the Leek Green party?
5. What trick does Caligula use to cheer Tiberius up?
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