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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pompey get a military command to do?

2. Who tricks Cato into presenting Pompey's name?

3. How are Clodius and Lucius related?

4. How does the Senate feel about Pompey as a leader?

5. What does Aurelia ask Polyxena to do when she moves to a new house after Caesar becomes Pontifus Maximus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cato get a good reputation with the lower-class Romans?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Clodius do after being robbed?

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

8. Why does Caesar start his affair with Servelia again?

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

10. How does Ptolemny get on Clodius's revenge list?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the major points of the Roman Revolution, and how did these ideals affect Caesar?

Essay Topic 2

Power and Greed were two common themes in this book. Where did they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 3

Aurelia was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

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