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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) Aurentia.
(b) Aurelia.
(c) Aura.
(d) Aurora.

2. How does Catalus try to get Caesar to not run for the Pontifus Maximus?
(a) He pays his debts.
(b) He slanders his name.
(c) He bribes him.
(d) He blackmails him.

3. 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.

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

5. What is Licenia's title?
(a) Governess.
(b) Garden Guardian.
(c) Chief Vestal.
(d) Senator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group does Fabia belong to?

2. What does Julia think when she is around Brutus?

3. What is Popilla's occupation?

4. What do the people of Rome do when grain prices are raised?

5. What kind of list does Clodius compile after losing his case?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Caesar and Servilia do during their private meetings?

2. What does Aurelia tell Caesar to do when she hears the rumors of his affair?

3. What makes up the bulk of Caepio's wealth?

4. Why does Servelia feel that Caepio's inheritance belongs to her son?

5. Why is Clodius circumcised?

6. What does Caesar think must be changed radically in Rome, at the beginning of the book?

7. What does Caesar do at the Ludi Romani Festival?

8. What does Caesar say when Catalus offers him a bribe, and why?

9. What do Caesar and Servilia never do during their private meetings?

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

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