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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. What is Caesar's mother's name?
(a) Aurora.
(b) Aura.
(c) Aurelia.
(d) Aurentia.

2. What do Clodius and Caesar have in common?
(a) They have beautiful daughters.
(b) They want to be the First Man.
(c) They want Brutus's wealth.
(d) They are having an affair.

3. What problem is Gabinius trying to eradicate?
(a) The blight.
(b) The piracy.
(c) The taxes.
(d) The riots.

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

5. Who is Caesar's adopted father figure?
(a) Rex.
(b) Marcus.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Clodius.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brutus feel about his new wealth?

2. Who helps Servelia make her son rich?

3. What does Caesar fix for the province, at the beginning of the book?

4. What is Licenia's title?

5. What river does Caesar tap into during the Ludi Meglenses?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Caesar get an opportunity to run for the office of Pontifus Maximus?

2. What rumor does Clodius spread about Lucius?

3. How does Julia feel about being used by her father?

4. What does Caesar rely on to get elected as the Pontifus Maximus?

5. Why does Aurelia get upset with Pompeia's alliance with Claudians?

6. How does Bibulus try to trick Caesar at court, and what happens?

7. What does Cato do when he learns of his wife's infidelity?

8. What does Servelia do when Brutus is called to war?

9. Why does Servelia tell her husband of her affair?

10. Why does Cato launch war on the treasury department?

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