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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first person that Caligula ordered killed after taking the throne?
(a) Cassius
(b) Drusilla
(c) Gemellus
(d) Antonia

2. Why does Claudius not want to be emperor?
(a) He wants Rome to be a republic.
(b) He fears that he will be killed.
(c) He knows that he will abuse the position.
(d) He just wants to live quietly.

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

4. What did the oracle at the Temple of Fortune tell Caligula?
(a) Fear the Tiger!
(b) Beware of Cassius.
(c) Do not perform in public.
(d) You will be safe in Eqypt.

5. Where do the looting soldiers find Claudius?
(a) Eating luncheon in the Palace
(b) Hiding behind a curtain
(c) Reading books in a library
(d) Taking a bath in his rooms

6. Why did Tiberius not visit his son, Castor, before Castor's death?
(a) He thought Castor was making up the illness to get sympathy.
(b) Thrasyllus warned him against making any trips that week.
(c) Livia told him that it would look bad if he favored his son.
(d) Sejanus warned him that it might be a trap to assassinate him.

7. Which crime did Caligula reinstate as a capital crime?
(a) Treason
(b) Tax Evasion
(c) Embezzling
(d) Adultery

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

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

10. What class of people did Augustus especially distrust?
(a) Generals
(b) Informers
(c) Senators
(d) Traitors

11. What was the outcome of Senator Gallus's trial?
(a) He was found guilty of corruption.
(b) He was found innocent of all charges.
(c) He was found guilty of treason.
(d) He died before the trial was held.

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

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

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

15. What thought does Claudius comfort himself with as he is made emperor?
(a) That he was able to save his wife and young son
(b) That he will be able to restore the Republic soon
(c) That people will finally want to read his books
(d) That Livia was right about him after all

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Piso sent to Syria?

2. What finally happens to Tiberius's body?

3. How did Caligula raise funds in France?

4. Why does Caligula start to become unpopular?

5. What does Livia call Caligula?

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