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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XII, ch. 29-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Justus to be executed?
(a) Accusations of planning a revolt.
(b) Insulting words toward Messalina.
(c) Adultery with Messalina.
(d) For insulting Claudius' role in the British campaign.

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

3. How does Bardanes meet his end?
(a) His own nobles kill him.
(b) Claudius executes him.
(c) Gotarzes kills him in battle.
(d) Marsus kills him in battle.

4. How do the Britons come to worship Claudius as a god?
(a) Claudius' "magic" in war compels them to believe he is a God.
(b) Claudius' triumph over them fulfills a legendary prophecy.
(c) Aulus orders them to build a temple in Claudius' name.
(d) They mistake Claudius as Augustus.

5. What is Messalina's plan as soon as the guards come to arrest the wedding party?
(a) To write Claudius a love letter.
(b) To feign a headache in bed at the palace.
(c) To write Vibidia Vestal.
(d) To head to Ostia with her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Claudius, what proves Asiaticus' guilt?

2. What does Herod do at the temple of treasury in Jerusalem?

3. What does King Herod not respect in a person?

4. Why does Claudius want to build a harbor?

5. What symbols represent life and death in Druidism?

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