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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Togodumnus demand from Claudius?

2. What advice does Herod give Messalina to control a possible state financial crisis?

3. What act does Caligula attempt that angers many Jews?

4. What is the significance of an owl in the prison with Herod?

5. What dream does Narcissus have about Claudius?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Claudius frighten the corn factors into giving him a loan of a million gold pieces?

2. How does Claudius read people? When in court, how does Claudius decide what kind of defendant a person is?

3. What causes the governor of the prison to distrust Herod?

4. What is Herod's advice to the Senate on what to do after Caligula's assassination?

5. What suspicious behaviors and rumors about Herod make the reader believe he might do something dishonest? What changes does Claudius notice about Herod?

6. When both Alexandrian Greeks and Jews send envoys to Claudius to gain his favor, how does Claudius react?

7. What are the differences between a punitive and conquering campaign?

8. What are some difficulties Claudius faces in waging a war against Togodumnus and Caractacus?

9. Although Silas helps Herod many times over, how does Silas depend on Herod?

10. Why is the title "Protector of the People" important to Claudius?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write about Britannicus' fate to die by Nero. Is it the prophecy? Is it because Claudius never gave him a chance? Did Britannicus have a chance to fight against Nero? How so?

Essay Topic 2

Herod states that he is still an "uncivlized Edomite at heart" and it is a privilege to learn from a Roman matriarch, Claudius Antonia. Write an essay explaining why Herod might feel this way despite being raised in Rome since childhood.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the politics between the emperor and the Senate. How does each control the other? What is the purpose of each? How do they play political games with each other, and why?

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