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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. How do the Druids practice religious cleansing?
(a) At the first of each month, the assigned society sacrifices an animal.
(b) The arch-Druid leads a prayer at Stonehenge annually.
(c) They only marry within the Druid family.
(d) They burn condemned men in wicker cages every five years.

2. Who hands Caractacus over to Ostorius?
(a) The Belgian tribes.
(b) Queen of the Brigantians.
(c) The men of South Wales.
(d) King of Icenians.

3. What is the only thing Claudius regrets among Agrippinilla's selfish actions?
(a) The lack of proper schooling for Britannicus.
(b) The death of Vitellius.
(c) The adoption of Nero.
(d) The murder of Calpurnia and Cleopatra.

4. Who does Asiaticus believe instigates his trial?
(a) Messalina.
(b) The Petra brothers.
(c) Vinicius.
(d) Vietllius and Poppaee.

5. What trick does Posides play on the British guards at the copse?
(a) He rigs a fake Heron King.
(b) He uses a woman's voice to mimic the Hawthorne Queen.
(c) He pretends to be a Swamp Monster.
(d) He lets loose one of his own horses to divert the guards away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Herod surprise Claudius concerning money?

2. For whom does Claudius gain more respect as he settles into the emperor's role?

3. How do the people accept Nero as the succeeding emperor after Claudius?

4. What change in treasury does Claudius do?

5. What economic advice does Messalina give Claudius?

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