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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Name all of Julia's husbands.
(a) Agrippa and Tiberius
(b) Marcellus, Agrippa, and Tiberius
(c) Marcellus and Drusus
(d) Agrippa, Tiberius, and Drusus

2. What is a Triumvirate?
(a) A type of clothing worn by important statesmen
(b) A celebration that takes place after a war
(c) A group of three men who rule a government
(d) A chariot that was invented by the Romans

3. How long has Augustus ruled Rome?
(a) Fifty-five years
(b) Sixty years
(c) Twenty years
(d) Forty years

4. In order to marry Julia, Tiberius must first. . .
(a) adopt her three sons and two daughters.
(b) sacrifice a white bull to Jupiter.
(c) divorce his beloved wife, Vipsania.
(d) assassinate Julia's husband, Agrippa.

5. What does Germanicus ask Claudius to do for him?
(a) Ask Augustus for permission to visit Postumus
(b) Avoid antagonizing Livia, Antonia, and Livilla
(c) Write to him about all the political gossip
(d) Research information about the Balkan tribes

6. What is the best part of Germanicus's final incursions against the Germans?
(a) He finds enough gold to finance fighting for another year.
(b) He recaptures one of the three lost Eagles.
(c) He is able to rescue a legion of captured Roman soldiers.
(d) He captures the mother of Flavius, ensuring his loyalty.

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

8. What does the author mean when he refers to the regimental Eagle?
(a) A mascot bird kept in a cage
(b) The military ensign of the regiment
(c) A marching song that the soldiers sang
(d) The fiercest soldier in the group

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

10. Which historian does Claudius hope to emulate?
(a) Livy
(b) Sulpicius
(c) Cato
(d) Pollio

11. What does Augustus blame for the low marriage rate in Rome?
(a) The fact that everyone is related to each other
(b) The lack of priests to perform the ceremonies
(c) The selfishness and laziness of bachelorhood
(d) The ease of getting divorces for political reasons

12. What is Claudius actually reading?
(a) One of Pollio's books
(b) One of Livy's books
(c) Livia's book
(d) A letter from his brother

13. What do the eagles drop into Claudius's gown?
(a) A wolf cub
(b) A scroll
(c) A lamb
(d) An egg

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Germanicus tell his soldiers about the German fighters?

2. What distinction does Claudius make between Tiberius and Germanicus?

3. What does Tiberius tell the senate about Postumus?

4. According to Claudius, how many Germans for each Roman soldier killed in the battles?

5. Germanicus promises Claudius, if he finds evidence that Postumus is innocent, he will. . .

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