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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. Who does Cornelius work for?

2. How does Caepio die?

3. What does Auerelia not like about the new house of the Pontifus Maximus?

4. What is the Pontifus Maximus patriarch over?

5. What does Caesar tell Clodius to control?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Clodius do after being robbed?

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

5. What does Servelia tell Caesar to do to punish Cato?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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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