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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 the narrator say Servelia is for Caesar?

2. What does Crassus demand when he gives money to Caesar?

3. What becomes limited to all Romans during the depression?

4. What is Ptolemy's title?

5. What does Fulvia do in response to the desecrated Bona Dea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Senatus Consultum Ultimum?

2. Why does Fulvia abort her unborn child?

3. What does Caesar ask of Vatinius in return for his gratitude?

4. Who does Pompey want to find land for, and why?

5. What is the one thing the Boni admire about Caesar?

6. How does Brutus respond to his broken betrothal?

7. Why does Clodius veto Bibulus out of office?

8. Who kills Vittius, and why?

9. What information does Arrius bring the Senate after being hired by Caesar?

10. Who does Caesar want in his Triumvirate, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of people. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the people in the book?

Essay Topic 3

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

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