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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 Herod to arrest Silas?
(a) Silas is caught with Cypros.
(b) Silas does not know how to hold his tongue.
(c) Silas lies to Herod.
(d) Silas purposefully insults Herod's guests.

2. On what condition will the Alabarch give Herod a loan?
(a) Herod must act as a liasion between the Alabarch and Rome.
(b) Herod must return his debt in 3 months.
(c) Cypros must stay with the Alabarch until the money is returned.
(d) Herod must have his children educated in Jerusalem.

3. What hoax occurs in Doris?
(a) A song about Claudius as a fool is caroled throughout town.
(b) A statue of Herod is dressed in Roman clothing.
(c) A model of a bumbling Claudius is paraded through town.
(d) A statue of Claudius is placed in a synagogue.

4. What happens to Seneca?
(a) He is freed.
(b) He is executed.
(c) He is promoted to Roman Consul.
(d) He is banished.

5. Who attempts assassination on Claudius?
(a) A freed man of Lesbia's.
(b) Messalina.
(c) Seneca.
(d) A slave of Lesbia's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stops Caligula from freeing Herod immediately from prison?

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

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

4. What kind of reputation do Castor and Herod build themselves in Rome?

5. Why does Herod head to Edom?

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