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

2. Who does Caesar work with as a curule?
(a) Cicero.
(b) Bibulus.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Clodius.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brutus feel about his brothers?

2. What is Caesar's family name?

3. How does Cato describe Caesar's festivals?

4. Who is Caesar's adopted father figure?

5. How does Brutus feel about his new wealth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Cato learn of his wife's infidelity?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What warning does Caesar give Clodius?

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