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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XIV, Three Accounts of Claudius' Death & Pumpkinification of Claudius, a Satire in Verse and Prose.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Aulus' wife disturbs him?
(a) She becomes Jewish in his absence.
(b) She becomes a Christian in his absence.
(c) She is known to commit adultery in his absence.
(d) She is greedy for money and power.

2. What economic advice does Messalina give Claudius?
(a) To begin bank holidays.
(b) To grant a supply of meats and wine to the public.
(c) To grant public health.
(d) To grant monopolies.

3. What do Cleopatra and Calpurnia see in Rome that causes them alarm for Claudius?
(a) Silius speaking suspiciously to the commander of the palace guards.
(b) Messalina and Silius getting married.
(c) Vitellius and Messalina committing adultery.
(d) The Senate convening to speak of restoring the republic.

4. Who orders Messalina to be executed?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Vitellius.
(c) Narcissus.
(d) A high consul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Narcissus general for a day?

2. Who is the head conspirator of Caligula's assassination?

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

4. How does Corbulo take it too far by the Rhine?

5. What helps the British design their fortification?

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