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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 causes Messalina to be jealous?
(a) Lesbia's flirtatious behavior with Silanus.
(b) Claudius' gift of an estate to Calpurnia.
(c) Claudius and Herod's exchange of long letters.
(d) Lesbia's visits.

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

3. How does Claudius think of the consuls' work ethics?
(a) They cannot think past their own term.
(b) They are pure idiots.
(c) They are a patient group that knows how to work well as a team.
(d) They are great at making plans.

4. What campaign does Claudius give Gabinius?
(a) To attack the Chattians.
(b) To retrieve the last Eagle.
(c) To burn the temples of Hercules in Germany.
(d) To protect the Rhine river from the lower tribes of Germany.

5. What advice does Xenophon give Claudius?
(a) Read and write less.
(b) Trust no one.
(c) Give more power to the Senate.
(d) Walk more.

Short Answer Questions

1. What public work does Claudius finish for the Roman people?

2. How does Gemullus confirm Tiberius' suspicions of treasonous intentions?

3. How does Herod surprise Claudius concerning money?

4. How does Herod cheat his brother, Aristobulus?

5. How does Herod end up in Rome?

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