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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 is Polyxena's position?

2. What is the Pontifus Maximus patriarch over?

3. What fear does the Senate have about Pompey as a leader?

4. How does Caesar feel about being asked to help Pompey?

5. What does Caesar tell Crassus to profit from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why have so many people pledged their loyalty to Caesar?

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

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

4. How does Caesar plan to bring about the radical change that he thinks Rome needs?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What rumor does Clodius spread about Lucius?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were a few different social and political ideals mentioned and discussed in this book. What were some of these ideals, and how did their presence in the book affect the main characters?

Essay Topic 2

How did Caesar go about rising in the political power throughout this book, and what do these methods indicate about his personality?

Essay Topic 3

How did Caesar's relationship with Servelia change over the course of the plot? What caused these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the book?

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