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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the people accept Nero as the succeeding emperor after Claudius?
(a) Joyfully.
(b) With surprise.
(c) Bitterly.
(d) With fear.

2. Who hands Caractacus over to Ostorius?
(a) The men of South Wales.
(b) King of Icenians.
(c) The Belgian tribes.
(d) Queen of the Brigantians.

3. How does Claudius react to knowing the Britons worship him as a God?
(a) He is humble and sends a messenger to stop them.
(b) He wants this to continue and spread amongst the other provinces.
(c) He believes he is becoming a God.
(d) He thinks they are foolish and not worth dealing with.

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

5. What is the only thing Claudius regrets among Agrippinilla's selfish actions?
(a) The adoption of Nero.
(b) The murder of Calpurnia and Cleopatra.
(c) The death of Vitellius.
(d) The lack of proper schooling for Britannicus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of the following, which is NOT a reform that Claudius plans for the government?

3. What does Claudius prohibit Sosibius to teach Britannicus?

4. Who does Claudius expel from the city?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the gods' opinions of Claudius as they confer on his deity?

2. What is Britannicus relationship with his father? How does it change in the last years of Claudius' life?

3. Why does Claudius seem to favor Nero above Britannicus? What is his true plan?

4. What is the fate of the British isle now that the Romans have conquered it?

5. How does Posides help win the war against Britain?

6. What is the reaction of those in Hell when Claudius arrives? Why do they react this way?

7. How does Calpurnia show her loyalty to Claudius?

8. How do the Senate and people react to Messalina and Claudius' separation?

9. How are the Romans able to surprise the Britains in the last battle to Colchester? What maneuvers do they take that seem impossible?

10. Why does Claudius marry Agrippinilla over other potential women?

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