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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Pontifus Maximus patriarch over?
(a) The Holy Nurses.
(b) The Sacrifice House.
(c) The Vestal Virgins.
(d) The Garden of the Gods.

2. Who robs Clodius?
(a) Somalians.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Thebians.

3. What happens to Clodius after his case against Fabia is lost?
(a) He is welcomed into the Boni.
(b) He is shunned.
(c) He is taxed.
(d) He loses his election.

4. How are Clodius and Lucius related?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are half-brothers.
(c) They are brothers-in-law.
(d) They are cousins.

5. How long was Caesar gone, when he returns at the beginning of the book?
(a) 13 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 11 months.
(d) 15 months.

6. Why does Aurelia worry about her daughter-in-law after Caesar becomes Pontifus Maximus?
(a) She has strange rendezvous.
(b) She is close to discovering Caesar's infidelity.
(c) She is very stupid.
(d) She is spending time with Claudians.

7. How did Gabinius and Caesar become friends?
(a) They were in the military together.
(b) They are old family friends.
(c) Their senate seats are next to each other.
(d) They went to school together.

8. What does Clodius accuse Fabia of?
(a) Larceny.
(b) Unchaste acts.
(c) Libel.
(d) Treason.

9. Who stole the grain in Ostia?
(a) Peasants.
(b) Robbers.
(c) Senators.
(d) Pirates.

10. How does Servelia plan to make her son wealthy?
(a) Enrolling him in the army.
(b) Blackmailing Caesar.
(c) Getting him a good career.
(d) Stealing her brother's money.

11. Who restarts the affair between Caesar and Servelia?
(a) Aurelia.
(b) Servelia.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Brutus.

12. How does Servelia feel about her sons?
(a) She has pity on them.
(b) She loves them.
(c) She is ashamed of them.
(d) She is amused by them.

13. Who is the current First Man in Rome?
(a) Tiberius.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Verenus.

14. What does Caesar say the Pontifus Maximus office will NOT do for him?
(a) Shift his loyalties.
(b) Change him.
(c) Pay his debts.
(d) Extend his loan.

15. What does Ervelia name Caesar's daughter?
(a) Tatia.
(b) Thalia.
(c) Tertia.
(d) Trelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Caesar work with as a curule?

2. What does Balbus teach Caesar?

3. How does Clodius feel about the lower classes?

4. What is Cato's wife's name?

5. Who is Caepio's heir?

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