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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Egypt so important to Rome?
(a) Most of the troops come from Egypt.
(b) It is a good source of marble.
(c) It supplies Rome with corn.
(d) The largest library in the world is there.

2. What does Claudius miss most when he is staying in Carthage?
(a) Playing dice
(b) Germanicus
(c) Trees
(d) Calpurnia

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

4. What happens to Nero's brother, Drusus?
(a) He is banished to a very small, rocky island.
(b) He becomes one of Tiberius's trusted advisors.
(c) He is told to take command of the troops in Germany.
(d) He is imprisoned in an attic in the Palace.

5. Claudius's nickname of "Teruncius" translates to:
(a) Tuppenny
(b) Chipped Stone
(c) Naughty Goat
(d) One Farthing

6. What agreement do Ælia and Claudius come to regarding their marriage?
(a) That they will not have sex with each other
(b) That they will divorce in two years
(c) That they will survive Tiberius
(d) That they will live together

7. What does Claudius receive from Livia?
(a) A warning about Sejanus's intentions.
(b) A copy of Augustus's letters.
(c) An appointment to join the Senate.
(d) An invitation to dine with her.

8. Where is Senator Gallus when the Roman Guards come to arrest him?
(a) Eating dinner with Tiberius
(b) Seeing Agrippina off at the harbor
(c) Just outside the Senate building
(d) Returning to Rome from his villa

9. How does Tiberius lose his friend, Nerva?
(a) Nerva is killed by Caligula.
(b) Nerva simply stops eating one day.
(c) Nerva asks to go back to Rome.
(d) Nerva learns the truth about Tiberius.

10. What does Claudius suspect happened to Drusilla?
(a) Caligula starved her to death.
(b) She was thrown in the river.
(c) Caligula cut her throat.
(d) She ran away to escape her brother.

11. What does Tiberius do after Livia shames him?
(a) He leaves Rome on the advice of Sejanus.
(b) He cultivates a friendship with Agrippina.
(c) He accuses her of murdering Postumus.
(d) He begs her to stop persecuting him.

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

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

14. Why was Claudius summoned to the Hall of Justice late one night?
(a) To be sentenced to death
(b) To go over Livia's records
(c) To watch Caligula dance
(d) To judge a trial against Jove

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What finally happens to Plancina?

2. Agrippina asks Tiberius for permission to marry who?

3. What class of people did Augustus especially distrust?

4. Who wrote most of the satiric songs and poems about Tiberius?

5. Why do the soldiers need a new emperor?

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