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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who kills the German soldier who offered to fight "any Roman?"
(a) Germanicus
(b) Cassius Chærea
(c) Roach
(d) Augustus

2. What honor does Livia create for Urgulania?
(a) First Daughter of Rome
(b) Chief Priestess to Diana
(c) Mother Confessor for the Vestals
(d) Second Wife of the Emperor

3. 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 paints him as ambitious and rude to Augustus.
(d) She suggests that he be given more honors.

4. Why does Claudius become his mother's guardian?
(a) Augustus wants to make sure he is busy.
(b) Livia thinks it would be a good joke on her.
(c) He is the oldest male left in his family.
(d) She has become too old to take care of herself.

5. Who is Agrippa?
(a) Livia's first husband
(b) A longtime friend and advisor to Augustus
(c) Tiberius's first wife
(d) Marcellus's father

6. Who was the Crocodile?
(a) One of the men who guarded Postumus on the island.
(b) A freedman who had worked for Postumus's father.
(c) One of the Roman Guards at the Imperial palace.
(d) A helpful librarian at the temple of Apollo in Rome.

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

8. Why was Postumus not arrested at Ostia?
(a) He was disguised as a sailor and slipped into the crowd.
(b) The people of Ostia turned on the guards and beat them.
(c) The crowd was too large for the officers to challenge.
(d) He was unable to land in the harbor because of bad weather.

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

10. What is Caligula's real name?
(a) Gaius
(b) Drusus
(c) Germanicus
(d) Nero

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

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

13. How does Caligula leave the soldier's camp?
(a) Riding on Cassius's back
(b) Screaming and crying
(c) Singing a jaunty march
(d) In his mother's arms

14. When Tiberius adopts Germanicus, Claudius's brother is brought into which family?
(a) The Claudian Family
(b) The Julian Family
(c) The Tiberian Family
(d) The Drusillan Family

15. What kind of animal does Livia compare Claudius to?
(a) A wolf
(b) A lion
(c) A parrot
(d) A lemur

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Claudius during Germanicus's triumphal return to Rome?

3. Claudius is the biological grandson of:

4. How long has Augustus ruled Rome?

5. Who really orders the death of Postumus after Augustus dies?

(see the answer keys)

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