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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 title does Claudius oppose be given to Messalina?
(a) A status of deity.
(b) Augusta.
(c) The Protector of the People.
(d) Empress.

2. What happens to Rome after Nero dies?
(a) Anarchy and civil war.
(b) The Kings of the Near East take over the empire.
(c) The restoration of the Republic.
(d) The Britains build their own empire.

3. How do the lawyers accept Claudius into the court system?
(a) They believe he is fair and just.
(b) They believe he is too soft on the defendants.
(c) They disagree with his practices.
(d) They are surprised at his intellect.

4. What slows Claudius' journey to Britain?
(a) Claudius refuses to enter Britain without his elephants.
(b) Claudius gets a snake bite along a march and must convalesce in Lyons.
(c) He is afraid of the water and will only travel by land.
(d) He falls ill and Xenophon orders rest.

5. Why does Claudius want to build a harbor?
(a) Because Herod advised him to.
(b) To build a tourism industry.
(c) To strengthen the navy.
(d) To avoid famine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudius do to Caligula's statues?

2. How does Herod surprise Claudius concerning money?

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

4. What does Claudius do on his first triumph anniversary?

5. What causes a rivalry between Narcissus, Pallas and Callistus?

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