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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 kind of reputation do Castor and Herod build themselves in Rome?
(a) One of loyalty.
(b) One of irresponsibility.
(c) One of high virtue.
(d) One of utmost intelligence.

2. What is Claudius' first decision as an emperor?
(a) Appoint Herod as principal adviser.
(b) Banish any Senators who were "lapdogs" of Caligula.
(c) Execute Tiger.
(d) Execute Cassius.

3. What rumor is going about in the Near East as Claudius fights in Britain?
(a) Rome is decaying and on the verge of collapse.
(b) Joshua and not Herod is the real Messiah.
(c) The King of Adiabene is bringing all the Jewish Kings together.
(d) Herod will eventually take over as emperor.

4. What public work does Claudius finish for the Roman people?
(a) Aquaducts.
(b) Arch bridges.
(c) The Appian Way.
(d) Plumbing.

5. In the second account of Claudius' death, what motivates Agrippinilla to hire Locusta?
(a) Locusta is Nero's cousin.
(b) Nero is becoming impatient and urges his mother.
(c) Xenophon is back in Cos and Locusta is great at medicines.
(d) Claudius states he is going to claim Britannicus his sole heir.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area are the British forces strongest?

2. In Claudius' fourteenth year as emperor, what does Barbillus prophecy?

3. What about Aulus' wife disturbs him?

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

5. How does Claudius react to knowing the Britons worship him as a God?

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