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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What events trigger political unrest in Rome in 5 A.D.?
(a) Earthquakes, floods, and a famine
(b) The deaths of a dozen popular senators
(c) Several uprisings led by former slaves
(d) A series of fires in the poor neighborhoods

2. Who is assumed to become Augustus's successor when he dies?
(a) Germanicus
(b) Tiberius
(c) Postumus
(d) Castor

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

4. What does Claudius shout when he is told about Augustus's death?
(a) Poison is Queen!
(b) That's it! I'm a dead man!
(c) Poor Postumus!
(d) Long live the Republic!

5. What did Augustus tell Claudius just a month before he died?
(a) He wanted to give Claudius a public office
(b) That he was not interested in being a God
(c) That he had decided to free Postumus
(d) That he had made changes to his will

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

7. What title does Tiberius refuse to use in Rome?
(a) Emperor
(b) Augustus
(c) Protector of the People
(d) Chief Ponticate

8. What does Germanicus ask Claudius to do?
(a) Forge a letter from Tiberius and send it by courier
(b) Speak to Tiberius on behalf of the regiments
(c) Secretly send him two hundred thousand gold coins
(d) Steal money from the public purse to pay the soldiers

9. What does Augustus do when he discovers that Julia is having sexual affairs?
(a) He orders her to be banished from Rome.
(b) He helps her divorce Tiberius and remarry.
(c) He orders Tiberius to return at once.
(d) He asks her to join the Vestals.

10. Who rules Rome after the death of Mark Antony?
(a) Pompey
(b) Augustus Caesar
(c) Claudius
(d) Nero

11. Where does Claudius meet Assinius Pollio?
(a) Out on a busy street
(b) At the Apollo Library
(c) At the Imperial Palace
(d) In a public bathhouse

12. According to Claudius, how many Germans for each Roman soldier killed in the battles?
(a) Twenty-five
(b) Ten
(c) Fifty
(d) One hundred

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

14. The only three men that Tiberius trusted were Sejanus, Nerva, and. . .
(a) Thrasyllus.
(b) Germanicus.
(c) Haterius.
(d) Gallus.

15. What excuse does Claudius give to his mother for selling his property?
(a) He says that Livilla had asked him for some money.
(b) He pretends that he wanted to buy a new house.
(c) He says that he is getting a divorce from Urgulanilla.
(d) He says that he needed to pay off gambling debts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marcellus die?

2. To avoid conflict with Julia, Tiberius decides to. . .

3. What is the best part of Germanicus's final incursions against the Germans?

4. Why does Augustus move the sword-fighters out of the city?

5. How long had some of the oldest soldiers served?

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