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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the chariots ineffective in the Colchester battle for the Britons?
(a) The horses are deterred by the camel smell.
(b) The elephants are too strong for the chariots.
(c) The grounds are too swampy for the wheels.
(d) The battle grounds are too tight.

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

3. How does Claudius die?
(a) From mushroom allergies.
(b) He commits suicide.
(c) From poison.
(d) From natural causes.

4. What prediction allows Claudius to not worry about Agrippinilla?
(a) Claudius will die a bachelor.
(b) Claudius will die a natural death.
(c) His son will rise up and restore the Republic.
(d) Nero will kill his mother.

5. Who does Claudius expel from the city?
(a) Druid followers.
(b) Jewish missionaries.
(c) Greek philosophers.
(d) Christians.

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

7. Why does the royal family keep Claudius' death a secret for a few days?
(a) To hide any evidence.
(b) To allow private mourning time before the public knows.
(c) To organize who the successor will be.
(d) To write up a new will.

8. Who tries to persuade Claudius to adopt Lucius Domitius?
(a) Agrippinilla.
(b) Octavia.
(c) Pallas.
(d) Lucius Domitius.

9. What omen does Claudius look for to see if they will win the battle against the British?
(a) If a chicken blows out a candle.
(b) A passing eagle in the sky from south to north.
(c) If the chickens pick at a certain seed.
(d) If the chickens eat greedily.

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

11. What ritual does Claudius perform the midnight before battle?
(a) Prays to Egeria.
(b) Prays to Athena.
(c) Prays to Neptune.
(d) Prays to Venus.

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

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

14. What is Messalina's plan as soon as the guards come to arrest the wedding party?
(a) To write Claudius a love letter.
(b) To write Vibidia Vestal.
(c) To head to Ostia with her children.
(d) To feign a headache in bed at the palace.

15. Why does Clotho kill Augurinus and Baba?
(a) For their murderous sins.
(b) Because of incest.
(c) Claudius asks him to.
(d) To accompany Claudius on his journey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Claudius give sacrifices to Diana and Apollo?

2. Who does Claudius return to the Senatorial province state?

3. In his poem, what does Claudius believe is his fault as an emperor?

4. What does King Herod not respect in a person?

5. What brings Claudius to Ostia?

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