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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who persuades Claudius to accept the position?
(a) Vitellius
(b) Caesonia
(c) Calpurnia
(d) Messalina
2. Caligula made all the palace men shave their heads because:
(a) He was going bald himself.
(b) He thought it looked better.
(c) Only the Gods can have hair.
(d) He was afraid of lice.
3. Where did Tiberius live once he left Rome?
(a) In a villa in Pompeii
(b) In the town of Lyons
(c) On the island of Capri
(d) In the city of Capua
4. What condition does Claudius demand of Livia?
(a) That she keep Tiberius in check by opposing him
(b) That she promise to continue protecting Agrippina
(c) That she help him to divorce his new wife
(d) That she tell him the truth about her crimes
5. What number did Germanicus consider especially unlucky?
(a) Thirteen
(b) Seven
(c) Twenty-five
(d) Three
6. Why do the soldiers need a new emperor?
(a) To placate the German bodyguards
(b) To keep the people of Rome happy
(c) To make sure they get paid
(d) To keep expanding Roman territory
7. Why is Egypt so important to Rome?
(a) The largest library in the world is there.
(b) It is a good source of marble.
(c) It supplies Rome with corn.
(d) Most of the troops come from Egypt.
8. How did Afer escape death when he was tried by Caligula for treason?
(a) He flattered Caligula on his oratorical style.
(b) He offered to let Caligula sleep with his wife.
(c) He left town before the trial started.
(d) He bribed Caligula to deliver a non-guilty verdict.
9. How did Antonia die?
(a) She stabbed herself with a dagger.
(b) She drank poison in her wine.
(c) She threw herself off a cliff.
(d) She starved herself to death.
10. What did Caligula promise Cassius Chærea?
(a) To allow him to retire with honors
(b) To send him back to Germany to fight
(c) To appoint him as Macro's replacement
(d) To give him an appointment to the Senate
11. What does Livia beg Claudius to do for her?
(a) Tell the true history of Rome
(b) Make sure she is deified
(c) Restore the Republic
(d) Protect her great-grandchildren
12. What book did Tiberius take with him?
(a) A history of Augustus's reign
(b) Livia's book
(c) An encyclopedia of pornography
(d) Ovid's
13. What does Piso give Tiberius at his trial?
(a) A bundle of letters that Tiberius wrote to him
(b) A small, wrapped package about the size of a good-luck charm
(c) A gift that he claimed was from the people of Syria
(d) A book that he says was Germanicus's personal journal
14. Why did neither Tiberius or Livia attend the Roman funeral for Germanicus?
(a) They would have been attacked by the people there.
(b) They were busy reviewing the annual tax records.
(c) They were too grief-stricken by his death.
(d) They did not want to encounter his wife, Agrippina.
15. Agrippina asks Tiberius for permission to marry who?
(a) Her brother-in-law, Claudius
(b) Tiberius's mocker, Gallus
(c) Tiberius's adviser, Sejanus
(d) The honored general, Blæasus
Short Answer Questions
1. Who wrote most of the satiric songs and poems about Tiberius?
2. How old is Caligula when he becomes emperor?
3. What happens to Nero's brother, Drusus?
4. What does Tiberius do after Livia shames him?
5. What does Claudius receive from Livia?
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