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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IV, ch. 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ends up committing suicide because of the way Caligula rules the Roman Empire?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Macro.
(c) Antonia.
(d) A quarter of the consuls from the Senate.

2. Who stops Caligula from freeing Herod immediately from prison?
(a) The German prisoner.
(b) Antonia.
(c) The governor of the prison.
(d) Macro.

3. What causes Alexandrians to celebrate under Caligula's rule?
(a) Caligula names all Jews aliens and intruders.
(b) Caligula gives them tax breaks and economic benefits.
(c) Caligula names the Greek Orthodox church as the official religion.
(d) They are able to stop Caligula's mad rules against them.

4. How does Tiberius die?
(a) By shipwreck.
(b) Macro smothers him.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Herod's evil.

5. How does Claudius make up for the retraction of Caligula's holidays?
(a) Cutting the taxes that paid for the holidays.
(b) By adding dozens of his own holidays.
(c) Hosting Sportulas.
(d) Hosting banquets in a different region each month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hoax occurs in Doris?

2. What seems most important to the Alabarch above all else?

3. What change occurs in the Senate's intentions in the first day following Caligula's death?

4. What stops Herod from his initial return to Rome?

5. What new holiday does Claudius add to the calendar?

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