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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Pollio and Livy argue about?
(a) The proper way to write history
(b) Which god is most powerful
(c) The Empire and the Republic
(d) Who will succeed Augustus

2. Who is Flavius?
(a) The brother of the German general, Hermann.
(b) Germanicus's second-in-command.
(c) A former general with the German army.
(d) A slave who was captured in Germany.

3. What does Tiberius tell the senate about Postumus?
(a) That he was still alive on his island
(b) That he was really a slave named Clement
(c) That he was killed by one of his sailors
(d) That he died in a shipwreck outside Ostia

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

5. Why does Claudius become engaged to Urgulanilla?
(a) He falls in love with her
(b) It gives him more political status
(c) Augustus asks him to marry her
(d) As a favor to Livia's friend

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

7. What title does Tiberius refuse on Livia's behalf?
(a) Mother of the Country
(b) Empress
(c) Dowager
(d) High Priestess to Augustus

8. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?
(a) A history of his grandfather's campaigns
(b) A book about Augustus's religious reforms
(c) Getting appointed to a public position
(d) The building of a new library in Rome

9. What nickname do people use for Claudius?
(a) Claudius the Brave
(b) Claudius the Cautious
(c) Claudius the Ugly
(d) Claudius the Idiot

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

11. What attitude does Livia take towards Postumus?
(a) She supports him as Augustus's last grandson.
(b) She decribes him as very gentle and loving.
(c) She suggests that he be given more honors.
(d) She paints him as ambitious and rude to Augustus.

12. What does Livia refuse to do in the same room as Claudius?
(a) Read a book
(b) Listen to him talk
(c) Eat a meal
(d) Go to sleep

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Tiberius send to quell the mutinies in the Balkan forces?

2. What events trigger political unrest in Rome in 5 A.D.?

3. What does rebel leader Bato compare the Roman governors to?

4. Who does Claudius blame for the mistakes that led to a Germanic uprising?

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

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