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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Germanicus tell his soldiers about the German fighters?
(a) That they are frightened by the screams of eagles
(b) That they can be distracted by the smell of beer
(c) That they have no true military discipline
(d) That they will keep fighting to the very end

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

6. What does Drusus urge Tiberius to do in his letter?
(a) Come back to Germany and help fight
(b) Leave Julia and marry the woman he loves
(c) Support Augustus through the civil unrest
(d) Oppose Augustus and restore the Republic

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

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

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

10. When does Tiberius repay Germanicus for the gold coins he gave to the soldiers?
(a) After he pays the Balkan troops
(b) Never
(c) After the German campaign
(d) Two years later

11. What do Tiberius's regiments do in their mutiny?
(a) Murder or drive out most of the captains
(b) Burn down their own tents and shelters
(c) March on Rome with their swords raised
(d) Get drunk on wine captured from the Germans

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

13. How does Postumus send word to Claudius that he is alive?
(a) He encloses a note in a package of fruit.
(b) He asks an old soldier to deliver a verbal message.
(c) He sends Claudius a book with a hidden message in it.
(d) He hires a prostitute to pass a letter to Claudius.

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

15. Who accuses Postumus of trying to rape her?
(a) Both Livilla and Æmillia
(b) Æmillia and Urgulanilla
(c) Livilla and Julilla
(d) Only Livilla

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Augustus tell Claudius just a month before he died?

2. Which historian does Claudius hope to emulate?

3. How does Antonia regard her son, Claudius?

4. Who does Actë engage to replace herself as Claudius's mistress?

5. Tiberius trusted Nerva because of his. . .

(see the answer keys)

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