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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 Caesar want to have happen to violators when he is a curule?

2. What kind of grain was stolen in Ostia?

3. What nickname does Clodius get when he is with Lucius?

4. What problem is Gabinius trying to eradicate?

5. Who restarts the affair between Caesar and Servelia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Clodius circumcised?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the main reasons for the ending of Caesar's marriage with Pompeia, and how did the end of this relationship affect some of the other people in the book?

Essay Topic 2

How did Caesar change when he was around his family and when he was around his friends, and what caused these changes?

Essay Topic 3

What were the Vestal Virgins, and how did Caesar's interactions with them change his actions and feelings about certain things?

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