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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 just wants to live quietly.
(d) He fears that he will be killed.

2. What does Sejanus advise Claudius not to do?
(a) Divorce his wife Urgulanilla
(b) Bet on the Leek Green chariot team
(c) Spend too much time with Agrippina
(d) Get married again too soon

3. What does Livia ask Plancina to do?
(a) Use her witchcraft to kill Agrippina and her children
(b) To leave Rome and return to Syria after Piso's death
(c) Persuade Piso to kill himself before the trial ends
(d) Get the incriminating letter that Livia wrote to Piso

4. Where was Caligula assassinated?
(a) Just outside the amphitheater
(b) Down by the river docks
(c) In a house belonging to Claudius
(d) In his rooms at the Palace

5. What does Antonia do after speaking to Caligula about Gemellus's death?
(a) Commit suicide
(b) Speak to the Senate
(c) Write to Claudius
(d) Sell her furniture

6. What does Livia tell Claudius about her own death?
(a) That she will be murdered by Tiberius
(b) That she wants him to plan her funeral
(c) That she knows the very day she will die
(d) That she is planning to commit suicide

7. Caligula made all the palace men shave their heads because:
(a) He thought it looked better.
(b) Only the Gods can have hair.
(c) He was going bald himself.
(d) He was afraid of lice.

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

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

10. What does Caligula make his sisters do to earn their keep?
(a) Make tapestries and pots to sell
(b) Sing and dance at the theater
(c) Go out begging on the streets
(d) Prostitute themselves to wealthy noblemen

11. 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 Livia was right about him after all
(d) That people will finally want to read his books

12. With Tiberius gone, who was left in charge of the Roman Empire?
(a) Livia
(b) Sejanus
(c) Caligula
(d) Nero

13. What name did Caligula start using in his divine form?
(a) Jove
(b) Julius
(c) Juno
(d) Jupiter

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What finally happens to Plancina?

2. Who is the first person that Caligula ordered killed after taking the throne?

3. Why do the soldiers need a new emperor?

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

5. What, according to Claudius, was a great turning point in Tiberius's reign?

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