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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of feast is the Ludi Meglenses?
(a) Relational.
(b) Religious.
(c) Political.
(d) Symbolic.

2. What does Balbus teach Caesar?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Public speaking.
(d) Politics.

3. How old is Brutus when he becomes rich?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

4. What inspires the restarted affair between Caesar and Servelia?
(a) Brutus's inheritance.
(b) Caesar's marriage dissolves.
(c) Brutus's betrothal ends.
(d) Servelia's daughter is born.

5. How does Caesar feel about being asked to help Pompey?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Ambivalent.
(d) Eager.

6. What kind of list does Clodius compile after losing his case?
(a) A revenge list.
(b) An advice list.
(c) An evidence list.
(d) A holy list.

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

8. What does the fire of Vesta hold?
(a) All of these.
(b) Housing wills.
(c) Important contracts.
(d) Ancient Roman documents.

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

10. What intrigues Caesar about Servilia?
(a) Her intelligence.
(b) Her power.
(c) Her money.
(d) Her innocence.

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

12. Who comes to Caesar's mother's house to discuss politics?
(a) The Senators.
(b) The judges.
(c) Noblewomen.
(d) Military wives.

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

14. Who helps Servelia make her son rich?
(a) Caesar.
(b) A slave.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Brutus.

15. What does Caesar fix for the province, at the beginning of the book?
(a) The budget.
(b) The taxes.
(c) The borders.
(d) The agriculture center.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sulla abolish when he was in command?

2. What festival does Caesar organize as a curule?

3. What does Caesar want to have happen to violators when he is a curule?

4. How old is Brutus's betrothed when he becomes wealthy?

5. What happens when the rumor is spread about Lucius?

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