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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. How does Cato describe Caesar's festivals?

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

3. Who takes over Lucius's military command?

4. What is a growing problem in Rome that Caesar talks to the First Man about?

5. What kind of grain was stolen in Ostia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What warning does Caesar give Clodius?

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

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

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

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

6. Why is Clodius circumcised?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain some of the different political scenes, what the outcomes were, and how these events affected the tone of the book?

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

Love was a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which people were most affected by this theme? Which relationships were the most significant to the plot, and why?

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