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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section V, ch. 12-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excuse does Messalina give Claudius to have separate bedrooms?
(a) So Claudius can get more rest without her snoring.
(b) So Claudius can show he is more serious about the empire than her.
(c) So she does not get pregnant so soon.
(d) So Messalina can be close to her ill mother.

2. What new holiday does Claudius add to the calendar?
(a) Livia's birthday.
(b) His birthday.
(c) Messalina's birthday.
(d) HIs parents' birthdays.

3. What is the consensus of the people when Caligula dies?
(a) They fear Caligula's lapdogs' struggle for power.
(b) They are happy his tyranny is at an end.
(c) They are tearful that he is gone.
(d) They are generally apathetic to politics.

4. What happens from the action of Herodius convincing Antipas to care about Herod's state of affairs?
(a) Antipas and Herodius divorce.
(b) They are banished to Lyons.
(c) Herod gets Antipas killed.
(d) Herodius becomes a widow.

5. What does Herod advise the Senate?
(a) To nominate a stronger candidate than Claudius.
(b) Give full support to Claudius as emperor.
(c) To begin a civil war.
(d) To not start a civil war.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Herod end up in Rome?

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

4. How does the Senate show their apologies to Claudius?

5. Who does Claudius credit for the rains and success in Morocco?

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