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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the name "Caligula" mean?
(a) Little Dancer
(b) Little Emperor
(c) Little General
(d) Little Boots

2. What happens to Julilla after Livia exposes her sexual affairs?
(a) She marries Claudius.
(b) She is sentenced to death.
(c) She joins the Vestals.
(d) She is banished.

3. What does Germanicus tell his soldiers about the German fighters?
(a) That they can be distracted by the smell of beer
(b) That they are frightened by the screams of eagles
(c) That they have no true military discipline
(d) That they will keep fighting to the very end

4. The senator Haterius was known for his skill in:
(a) Eloquence
(b) Insults
(c) Flattery
(d) Parody

5. What do Tiberius's regiments do in their mutiny?
(a) Get drunk on wine captured from the Germans
(b) March on Rome with their swords raised
(c) Murder or drive out most of the captains
(d) Burn down their own tents and shelters

6. To avoid conflict with Julia, Tiberius decides to. . .
(a) father a child with her.
(b) move back into her bedroom.
(c) have an affair with Vipsania.
(d) exile himself from Rome.

7. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?
(a) He wants to do research at the Library at Alexandria.
(b) He was framed by Livia for insurrection and banished.
(c) He feels that he would be happier living outside of Rome.
(d) His nephews beg him to help them remove their governor.

8. Who is Athenodorus?
(a) Claudius's best friend
(b) Antonia's steward
(c) Claudius's favorite tutor
(d) Antonia's new husband

9. What does Pollio bet Livy that Claudius is reading?
(a) The Classics
(b) Livia's book
(c) Trash
(d) Love poems

10. Who does Claudius fall in love with?
(a) Agrippina
(b) Camilla
(c) Aemilia
(d) Julilla

11. Livia finds out about Postumus's escape by. . .
(a) asking the wife of the man who helped Augustus.
(b) reading some letters that Augustus wrote.
(c) torturing one of Augustus's slaves.
(d) grilling Claudius for what he knows about it.

12. Claudius is the biological grandson of:
(a) Mark Antony
(b) Pompey
(c) Drusus
(d) Tiberius

13. With Postumus gone, who is the sole heir to Augustus's crown?
(a) Tiberius
(b) Castor
(c) Claudius
(d) Germanicus

14. Who did Tiberius send to quell the mutinies in the Balkan forces?
(a) Claudius
(b) Germanicus
(c) Cassius
(d) Castor

15. Who does Actë engage to replace herself as Claudius's mistress?
(a) Urgulanilla
(b) Æmillia
(c) Calpurnia
(d) Agrippanilla

Short Answer Questions

1. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?

2. When Tiberius adopts Germanicus, Claudius's brother is brought into which family?

3. The only three men that Tiberius trusted were Sejanus, Nerva, and. . .

4. Why does Claudius become engaged to Urgulanilla?

5. What bad luck befalls Germanicus right after his successful battles?

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