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

2. What were the spoils of Caligula's war on Neptune?
(a) Cartloads of seaweed
(b) Lobsters and jellyfish
(c) Boxes of seashells
(d) Ropes of black pearls

3. What does Livia do to embarrass Tiberius?
(a) Publishes his love letters to Vispania
(b) Denounces him in front of the Senate
(c) Hires an actor to caracature him in public
(d) Gives a public reading of Augustus's letters

4. What book did Tiberius take with him?
(a) Ovid's
(b) A history of Augustus's reign
(c) Livia's book
(d) An encyclopedia of pornography

5. What condition does Claudius demand of Livia?
(a) That she promise to continue protecting Agrippina
(b) That she tell him the truth about her crimes
(c) That she keep Tiberius in check by opposing him
(d) That she help him to divorce his new wife

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who persuades Claudius to accept the position?

3. Where is Senator Gallus when the Roman Guards come to arrest him?

4. What agreement do Ælia and Claudius come to regarding their marriage?

5. Caligula made all the palace men shave their heads because:

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Germanicus accuse of murdering him?

2. Who are the three main conspirators in the plot to assassinate Caligula?

3. Who are the only male Claudians left by the time Tiberius dies?

4. Why is Livia so insistent on becoming a Goddess?

5. What does Caligula tell Livia as she is dying?

6. Describe Claudius's relationship with his wife, Urgulanilla.

7. How does the actor, Mnester, prevent a massacre?

8. How does Antonia discover the plot against Tiberius?

9. What advice does Calpurnia give Claudius about his position in the palace?

10. What power does Livia still hold over Tiberius?

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