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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Germanicus sent after finishing his Consulship?
(a) North to the Isle of Britain
(b) Back to command the German frontier
(c) To oversee the eastern Roman Provinces
(d) To the western province of France

2. What does Urgulania tell Claudius about her future?
(a) Her granddaughter will marry the emperor.
(b) She is due to die this year.
(c) She will see Claudius become emperor.
(d) She is going to marry a senator.

3. How did Afer escape death when he was tried by Caligula for treason?
(a) He bribed Caligula to deliver a non-guilty verdict.
(b) He offered to let Caligula sleep with his wife.
(c) He flattered Caligula on his oratorical style.
(d) He left town before the trial started.

4. Who persuades Claudius to accept the position?
(a) Messalina
(b) Vitellius
(c) Calpurnia
(d) Caesonia

5. Where did Tiberius live once he left Rome?
(a) In the town of Lyons
(b) On the island of Capri
(c) In the city of Capua
(d) In a villa in Pompeii

6. Caligula amuses the populace by using what class of people as sword-fighters?
(a) Former Senators and their wives
(b) People who cannot pay their debts
(c) Hostages from foreign lands
(d) Prisoners of war from Germany

7. Cassius Chærea was disgusted when Caligula made him:
(a) Get married to a young boy.
(b) Play horsie for Drusilla.
(c) Torture a young noble woman.
(d) Kill a batch of puppies.

8. What was the biggest obstacle to the plot to assassinate Caligula?
(a) The German bodyguards were fanatically devoted to him.
(b) No one was sure if Caligula was mortal or immortal.
(c) Caligula had a strong network of spies in the palace.
(d) Most of the people in Rome still loved Caligula.

9. What happened to Martina, the chief witness against Piso and Plancina?
(a) She was killed by agents of Sejanus.
(b) Livia sent her away to an island.
(c) She killed herself in her cell.
(d) She was bribed to perjure herself.

10. How does Tiberius die?
(a) Caligula stabs him in the heart.
(b) He dies quietly of old age.
(c) Macro smothers him with a pillow.
(d) He gets a chill from traveling.

11. The Senator Incitatus was:
(a) An actor who made fun of Senators
(b) The first non-Roman Senator
(c) Caligula's favorite race horse
(d) Senator Gallus's nephew

12. What does Antonia say that Caligula did to Drusilla?
(a) Committed incest
(b) Locked her in a room
(c) Killed her pony
(d) Tried to kill her

13. What were the spoils of Caligula's war on Neptune?
(a) Lobsters and jellyfish
(b) Boxes of seashells
(c) Ropes of black pearls
(d) Cartloads of seaweed

14. What does Tiberius do when he meets with Agrippina?
(a) Calls her a traitor and cuts off her head
(b) Beats her senseless with a vine sapling
(c) Promises to help her any way that he can
(d) Tries to seduce her in his bedchamber

15. How does Tiberius propose rewarding Sejanus for breaking the Leek Green party?
(a) Naming him his successor
(b) Giving him a large pension
(c) Marrying him to Livilla
(d) Marrying him to Livilla's daughter

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Caligula promise Cassius Chærea?

2. What does Urgulanilla say about Claudius in her will?

3. With Tiberius gone, who was left in charge of the Roman Empire?

4. What finally happens to Tiberius's body?

5. How does Caligula react to Cassius's story of a German ambush?

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