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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trick does Caligula use to cheer Tiberius up?
(a) He presents Tiberius with another virgin to violate.
(b) He tells Tiberius bawdy stories from the solider camps.
(c) He tells Tiberius about some new sexual practice.
(d) He suggests some new person Tiberius can execute.

2. What was the outcome of Senator Gallus's trial?
(a) He died before the trial was held.
(b) He was found guilty of corruption.
(c) He was found innocent of all charges.
(d) He was found guilty of treason.

3. Which two people did Claudius advise Agrippina to cultivate as friends?
(a) Sejanus and Thrasyllus
(b) Nerva and Thrasyllus
(c) Nerva and Vispania
(d) Sejanus and Livia

4. What does Caligula begin to dread after he tortures Brassus?
(a) That Jove would smite him for blasphemy
(b) That Brassus's father would seek revenge
(c) That he would be assassinated by his guard
(d) That the people would begin to hate him

5. What does Urgulania tell Claudius about her future?
(a) Her granddaughter will marry the emperor.
(b) She will see Claudius become emperor.
(c) She is due to die this year.
(d) She is going to marry a senator.

6. Caligula amuses the populace by using what class of people as sword-fighters?
(a) People who cannot pay their debts
(b) Prisoners of war from Germany
(c) Hostages from foreign lands
(d) Former Senators and their wives

7. What agreement do Ælia and Claudius come to regarding their marriage?
(a) That they will survive Tiberius
(b) That they will not have sex with each other
(c) That they will live together
(d) That they will divorce in two years

8. Who wrote most of the satiric songs and poems about Tiberius?
(a) Castor
(b) Claudius
(c) Livia
(d) Agrippina

9. 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

10. 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 did not want to encounter his wife, Agrippina.
(d) They were busy reviewing the annual tax records.

11. What does Antonia say that Caligula did to Drusilla?
(a) Killed her pony
(b) Locked her in a room
(c) Tried to kill her
(d) Committed incest

12. How does Tiberius lose his friend, Nerva?
(a) Nerva learns the truth about Tiberius.
(b) Nerva asks to go back to Rome.
(c) Nerva is killed by Caligula.
(d) Nerva simply stops eating one day.

13. Whom does Sejanus arrange for Claudius to marry?
(a) His step-sister, Ælia
(b) His daughter, Julilla
(c) His former wife, Apicata
(d) A friend of his named Paulina

14. What does Livia beg Claudius to do for her?
(a) Protect her great-grandchildren
(b) Make sure she is deified
(c) Tell the true history of Rome
(d) Restore the Republic

15. What does Antonia do after speaking to Caligula about Gemellus's death?
(a) Speak to the Senate
(b) Commit suicide
(c) Write to Claudius
(d) Sell her furniture

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Martina, the chief witness against Piso and Plancina?

2. What, according to Sejanus, is the Leek Green Party?

3. Where is Germanicus sent after finishing his Consulship?

4. What did the oracle at the Temple of Fortune tell Caligula?

5. Why does Claudius not want to be emperor?

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