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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Livia finds out about Postumus's escape by. . .
(a) reading some letters that Augustus wrote.
(b) asking the wife of the man who helped Augustus.
(c) torturing one of Augustus's slaves.
(d) grilling Claudius for what he knows about it.

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

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

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

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

9. What language does Claudius use to write his autobiography?
(a) Latin
(b) Greek
(c) Hebrew
(d) English

10. Claudius is the biological grandson of:
(a) Drusus
(b) Pompey
(c) Mark Antony
(d) Tiberius

11. What does Livia demand Tiberius to do with the letter from his brother, Drusus?
(a) Read it aloud immediately
(b) Send it back unread
(c) Throw it into the fire
(d) Send it to Augustus

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

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

14. What distinction does Claudius make between Tiberius and Germanicus?
(a) Tiberius was more decisive, Germanicus was more cautious
(b) Tiberius was a bad Claudian, while Germanicus was a good one.
(c) Tiberius was loyal to Livia, while Germanicus was loyal to Rome
(d) Tiberius was a freethinker, Germanicus was devoutly religious

15. The only three men that Tiberius trusted were Sejanus, Nerva, and. . .
(a) Germanicus.
(b) Thrasyllus.
(c) Haterius.
(d) Gallus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills the German soldier who offered to fight "any Roman?"

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

3. What notable thing does Claudius do at his first games?

4. What does Livia refuse to do in the same room as Claudius?

5. What attitude does Livia take towards Postumus?

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