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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. How do the Britons come to worship Claudius as a god?
2. On Claudius' return to Rome from Calpurnia's home, whose carriage does he run into?
3. What is the only thing Claudius regrets among Agrippinilla's selfish actions?
4. How does Claudius determine how the public truly feels about him?
5. Who does Claudius expel from the city?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the invisible barrier between Claudius and the Senate, and how does it come about?
2. How might reinstating Mithridater to the Armenian throne help quell the alliance forming in the Near East?
3. According to Claudius, what is the most important reason to conquer the British isles? What does it give to the Roman Empire above other commodities?
4. How are the Romans able to surprise the Britains in the last battle to Colchester? What maneuvers do they take that seem impossible?
5. What attitude does Claudius take on when he marries Agrippinilla? How does the public respond?
6. According to Claudius, what are the disadvantages of having the Senate be the main government body?
7. Of the five additional honors the Senate gives Claudius for his victory in Britain, describe two of them and explain why he is chosen to have these honors.
8. As Claudius presides over the trials of Messalina's adulterers and traitors at the wedding party, Messalina writes him three letters. Describe these letters and how it shows Messalina's true character.
9. Despite citing three different accounts of Claudius' death, what is in common with all of them?
10. How do the Senate and people react to Messalina and Claudius' separation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the prophecy of the Jewish Messiah? Why would King Herod believe he is the one? What contributing factors lend him to such a belief?
Essay Topic 2
Write about friendship between the characters in "Claudius the God." Who shows true friendship and how do they show it? Who is involved in false friendships and why do they involve themselves in such friendships? How does the character show that he/ she is not a good friend after all?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Druid rituals and practices. Then, discuss why Roman culture would disagree with the religion more than any other religions it tolerates within its kingdom.
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