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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 family name?
(a) Plebeian.
(b) Gaius.
(c) Augustus.
(d) Julius.

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

3. What does Caesar rely on to win the Pontifus Maximus election?
(a) His popularity.
(b) His money.
(c) His previous position.
(d) His military strength.

4. How does the Senate feel about Pompey as a leader?
(a) Ambivalent.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Disgraced.

5. Who takes over Lucius's military command?
(a) Clodius.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Pompey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Clodius after his case against Fabia is lost?

2. How are Clodius and Lucius related?

3. How does Caesar provide shade at the festivals he oversees?

4. What is the Pontifus Maximus patriarch over?

5. When does Servelia give birth to Caesar's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about Caesar from Servilia's other lovers?

2. What does Fulvia demand of Clodius after their marriage, and what is Clodius's response to this?

3. How are the Vestal Virgins appointed, and what is required of them?

4. What warning does Caesar give Clodius?

5. Why is it surprising that Caesar has so many loyal followers?

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

7. Why does Caesar think Pompey will not be able to stay in power?

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

9. How does Julia feel about Brutus, and why?

10. How do the Boni try to stop Caesar from being elected as the Pontifus Maximus?

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