Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina Test | Final Test - Easy

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Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Claudius want to care for Britannicus?
(a) Narcissus.
(b) The Alabarch.
(c) Queen of the Brigantians.
(d) Xenophon.

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

4. Who is a possible suspect in the first account of Claudius' death?
(a) Galba.
(b) Halotus, his taster.
(c) Nero.
(d) The cook.

5. 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.

6. What happens to Claudius' family when he dies?
(a) They run away to Britain.
(b) They are banished to Greece.
(c) They are all killed.
(d) Agrippinilla detains them.

7. In his poem, what does Claudius believe is his fault as an emperor?
(a) He is too idiotic.
(b) He is too irresponsible.
(c) He is too in love.
(d) He is too benevolent.

8. Why does Claudius celebrate with a ten-day festival and a mock sea battle?
(a) Rome just won a sea battle against the Norse.
(b) It's the year of Neptune.
(c) It's time to drain Fucine Lake.
(d) Because he feels bored.

9. Why is Narcissus general for a day?
(a) Lucius Geta is ill.
(b) He is the only man Claudius trusts.
(c) Crsipinus revolts with Silius.
(d) Calpurnia suggests him to Claudius.

10. What plague occurs the year Claudius and Agrippinilla marry?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Rats.
(c) Vipers.
(d) Lice.

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

12. How does Bardanes meet his end?
(a) Claudius executes him.
(b) Marsus kills him in battle.
(c) His own nobles kill him.
(d) Gotarzes kills him in battle.

13. What causes a rivalry between Narcissus, Pallas and Callistus?
(a) They each want to be Claudius' principal adviser.
(b) They disagree on whom Claudius should marry.
(c) They each want to be the palace guard colonel.
(d) They disagree on what to do with Messalina.

14. What is the only thing Umbonius sells at his public auction?
(a) Corn.
(b) A staff Claudius gave him.
(c) His Corinthian goods.
(d) His Senatorial robes.

15. How does Claudius determine how the public truly feels about him?
(a) He sends a message faking his death.
(b) Vitellius purposely says ill words about Claudius to see who will agree.
(c) He has Brittanicus spy for him.
(d) He dresses in plain white robes in the streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Narcissus keep the truth of Messalina from Claudius?

2. How does Claudius end up in Hell?

3. How does the wedding party of Messalina and Silius know to run before the guards arrive?

4. How do the Britons come to worship Claudius as a god?

5. What rumor is going about in the Near East as Claudius fights in Britain?

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