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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What disturbs Claudius about Caligula?
(a) Caligula spends too much time with Tiberius.
(b) Caligula spends all his time gambling.
(c) Caligula likes to watch animals being killed.
(d) Caligula seems to share a secret with Livia.

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

4. What finally happens to Tiberius's body?
(a) It is half-burned in the town of Atilla.
(b) It is thrown into the Tiber like a criminal.
(c) It is burned on the Mars Field with honors.
(d) It is left to rot on the Island of Capri.

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

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

7. How did Caligula raise funds in France?
(a) He raided the houses of all the wealthy landowners.
(b) He held an auction and sold off the royal family's goods.
(c) He executed the most wealthy locals for treason.
(d) He raised the local taxes by three hundred percent.

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

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

10. How old is Caligula when he becomes emperor?
(a) Twenty-five years old
(b) Thirty-five years old
(c) Twenty years old
(d) Thirty years old

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

12. Who wrote most of the satiric songs and poems about Tiberius?
(a) Agrippina
(b) Castor
(c) Claudius
(d) Livia

13. Where was Claudius when Caligula was assassinated?
(a) Walking about twenty paces behind him
(b) Sitting in the seats at the theater
(c) Waiting for him at the Palace
(d) With Calpurnia, at his small villa

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudius say about Nero, Germanicus's eldest son?

2. Where did Tiberius live once he left Rome?

3. Cassius Chærea was disgusted when Caligula made him:

4. What happened to Martina, the chief witness against Piso and Plancina?

5. What does Antonia do after speaking to Caligula about Gemellus's death?

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