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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is Claudius during Germanicus's triumphal return to Rome?
(a) In Capua
(b) In Ostia
(c) In Carthage
(d) In Germany

4. How do Livia and Urgulania describe the marriage of Claudius and Urgulanilla?
(a) The Bookworm and the Boar
(b) The Dove and the Hawk
(c) The Quick and the Dead
(d) The Camel and the Elephant

5. What omen is cited by Tiberius to show that Augustus should become a God?
(a) His statue was seen to move .
(b) His statue was struck by lightning.
(c) There is an earthquake in Rome.
(d) The planets move into alignment.

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

7. Germanicus promises Claudius, if he finds evidence that Postumus is innocent, he will. . .
(a) make sure that Livia was tried for her crimes.
(b) investigate the death of their father.
(c) speak to Augustus about the matter.
(d) rescue Postumus from the island himself.

8. What was the amount of time the Roman soldiers wanted to serve before being discharged?
(a) Ten years
(b) Sixteen years
(c) Eight years
(d) Two years

9. How long had some of the oldest soldiers served?
(a) Ten years
(b) Five years
(c) Twenty-five years
(d) Thirty-five years

10. The key to Livia and Augustus's higher cipher was found in the first chapter of. . .
(a) Virgil's Æneid.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) Ovid's Love Poems.
(d) The Iliad.

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

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

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

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

15. Sejanus persuaded Tiberius to. . .
(a) raise the taxes to pay bonuses to the soldiers.
(b) appoint him to the senate after Haterius left.
(c) create a special political office for Sejanus.
(d) build a permanent camp for the Roman Guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name "Caligula" mean?

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

3. How does Antonia regard her son, Claudius?

4. What do the eagles drop into Claudius's gown?

5. What does Germanicus ask Claudius to do for him?

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