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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XI, ch. 27-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Druids practice religious cleansing?
(a) They only marry within the Druid family.
(b) The arch-Druid leads a prayer at Stonehenge annually.
(c) They burn condemned men in wicker cages every five years.
(d) At the first of each month, the assigned society sacrifices an animal.

2. What does Togodumnus demand from Claudius?
(a) Full control of the British ports.
(b) Gold.
(c) Bericus and the regalia.
(d) Caractacus.

3. Who saves Geta in battle?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Aulus.
(c) Bericus.
(d) Gabinius.

4. What does the high priest advise Herod?
(a) The best kings are the ones who pray daily.
(b) The greatest kings are instruments in the hands of God.
(c) The most memorable kings are the richest.
(d) A good king remembers his people.

5. What brings Claudius to Ostia?
(a) Cleopatra's message.
(b) The finishing of the new harbor.
(c) Narcissus' message.
(d) The opening of a new granary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Narcissus keep the truth of Messalina from Claudius?

2. What is the first lie Claudius ever tells Herod?

3. To whom do the people compare Britannicus during the Saecular games?

4. How is Telegonius proved a runaway slave?

5. What causes Herod to arrest Silas?

(see the answer key)

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