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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Claudius make up for the retraction of Caligula's holidays?
(a) By adding dozens of his own holidays.
(b) Cutting the taxes that paid for the holidays.
(c) Hosting Sportulas.
(d) Hosting banquets in a different region each month.

2. How does Gemullus confirm Tiberius' suspicions of treasonous intentions?
(a) Gemullus overhears about a P.O.T. loan.
(b) Gemullus hears Caligula collaborating with Antonia.
(c) Gemullus hears Caligula and Herod planning an assassination attempt.
(d) Gemullus hears only good words from Herod about Tiberius.

3. How is the death of Togodumnus positive for the Britons?
(a) Togodumnus was a tyrannic leader.
(b) It unites all of them under Caractacus.
(c) It tricks the Romans into believing the campaign is over.
(d) It makes Bericus mourn and give in.

4. What causes Messalina to be jealous?
(a) Claudius and Herod's exchange of long letters.
(b) Lesbia's visits.
(c) Lesbia's flirtatious behavior with Silanus.
(d) Claudius' gift of an estate to Calpurnia.

5. Who does Bericus run to for help?
(a) Galba.
(b) Aulus.
(c) Geta.
(d) Claudius.

6. What seems most important to the Alabarch above all else?
(a) Keeping to the law.
(b) Loyalty to family.
(c) Loyalty to Judaism.
(d) Doing good for others.

7. How does Claudius think of the consuls' work ethics?
(a) They are pure idiots.
(b) They are great at making plans.
(c) They cannot think past their own term.
(d) They are a patient group that knows how to work well as a team.

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

9. Who does Vinicianus call on to command a coup?
(a) Justus.
(b) Geta.
(c) Sribonianus.
(d) Galba.

10. Of the following, which is NOT a qualification Claudius demands of Roman citizens?
(a) Be able to speak Latin.
(b) Be a landowner with slaves.
(c) Have honest parentage.
(d) Be educated in Roman law.

11. Claudius claims what feeling when he hears of a possible rebellion?
(a) Fear that he must physically fight for his empire.
(b) Relief of no longer being an emperor.
(c) Fearful of a painful death.
(d) Anger that someone dares stand up to him.

12. According to Claudius, what is the best Roman monument?
(a) The Appian Way.
(b) The Temple of Mars.
(c) The statue of Augustus.
(d) The palace.

13. What stops Herod from his initial return to Rome?
(a) Cypros wants to stay in Edom.
(b) Tiberius' claim on his son's friends' lives for treason.
(c) Flaccus threatens anyone who financially helps Herod.
(d) Sergeants with a warrant for his arrest.

14. How does Scribonianus meet his fate?
(a) Claudius forgives him but banishes him to sub-Sahara.
(b) Vinicianus turns him in to save himself.
(c) Messalina accuses him of treason.
(d) His officers sail him to an island where he commits suicide.

15. Who does Claudius credit for the rains and success in Morocco?
(a) Father Gwa-Gwa.
(b) Helius, God of weather.
(c) Rufius, his army commander.
(d) Geta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would corn factors NOT want to enhance Ostia?

2. Who saves Geta in battle?

3. How does Herod cheat his brother, Aristobulus?

4. What does Herod convince Caligula of concerning Antipas?

5. What stops the Alabarch from believing Herod's story when he and Cypros arrive in Alexandria?

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