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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Messalina poison Vinicius?
(a) He knows about her and Mnester.
(b) He threatens Claudius.
(c) He killed Asiaticus.
(d) He refuses to sleep with her.

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

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

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

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

6. Who does Claudius return to the Senatorial province state?
(a) Israel and Syria.
(b) Egypt and Morocco.
(c) France and Belgium.
(d) Macedonia and Greece.

7. How does Vitellius die?
(a) Execution.
(b) Murdered in a fire.
(c) Poison by a fellow consul.
(d) From a paralytic stroke.

8. What ability gains Nero popular admiration?
(a) A persuasive oration.
(b) He is as good as any Spaniard in bull fighting.
(c) Shrewd decisions in court.
(d) His sword fighting skills.

9. How does Claudius describe the first five years of his marriage to Agrippinilla?
(a) Chaotic.
(b) Blah.
(c) Coarse.
(d) Uneventful.

10. What becomes of Claudius in Hell?
(a) He becomes Messalina's slave.
(b) He rolls dice forever in a bottomless cup.
(c) He keeps court records in Hell.
(d) He resides in court trials.

11. Why does Claudius give sacrifices to Diana and Apollo?
(a) Because Barbillus advised him to.
(b) Because he felt threatened by Herod.
(c) Because of the solar eclipse.
(d) Because they guided him to a victory on the Rhine.

12. Why does Domitia help raise her nephew, Lucius Domitius?
(a) She feels obliged to her sister.
(b) He is an heir to riches when he becomes an adult.
(c) He is predicted to become emperor one day.
(d) She feels obliged to her brother.

13. What do Messalina and Claudius do to cheat Barbillus' supposed prophecy about Messalina?
(a) Messalina purposefully cheats on Claudius.
(b) Claudius purposefully cheats on Messalina.
(c) They have another child.
(d) They divorce.

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

15. What does Claudius say he plans to do in his 7th year of rule?
(a) Honor and give sacrifice for his seven favorite gods.
(b) Finish reforms and restore the Republic.
(c) Give part of the emperor's role to 7 high consuls.
(d) Make an edict pronouncing Britannicus an heir of the crown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Claudius determine how the public truly feels about him?

2. Who saves the Jews of the Near East from famine?

3. How is Telegonius proved a runaway slave?

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

5. Why is Narcissus general for a day?

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