Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who saves the Jews of the Near East from famine? (from Section IX, chapter 22-24)

Posides.

Claudius.

The Queen of Adiabene.

The Alexandrian Jews.

2.

How does Messalina get Silanus reinstated into Rome? (from Section V, ch. 12-13)

By giving him a consul position.

By betrothing him to her daughter.

By giving him enough land to be a lord.

By marrying her mother.

3.

What trick does Posides play on the British guards at the copse? (from Section VIII, ch. 19-21)

He rigs a fake Heron King.

He lets loose one of his own horses to divert the guards away.

He pretends to be a Swamp Monster.

He uses a woman's voice to mimic the Hawthorne Queen.

4.

How is the death of Togodumnus positive for the Britons? (from Section VII, ch. 16-18)

It tricks the Romans into believing the campaign is over.

It makes Bericus mourn and give in.

Togodumnus was a tyrannic leader.

It unites all of them under Caractacus.

5.

What causes a rivalry between Narcissus, Pallas and Callistus? (from Section XII, ch. 29-30)

They disagree on what to do with Messalina.

They disagree on whom Claudius should marry.

They each want to be Claudius' principal adviser.

They each want to be the palace guard colonel.

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